26 Preface وَإِذ بَوَّأنا لِإِبراهيمَ مَكانَ البَيتِ أَن لا تُشرِك بي شَيئًا وَطَهِّر بَيتِيَ لِلطّائِفينَ وَالقائِمينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجودِYusuf AliBehold! We gave the site,1 to Abraham, of the (Sacred) House, (saying): “Associate not anything (in worship) with Me; and sanctify My House for those who compass it round,2 or stand up, or bow, or prostrate themselves (therein in prayer).The site of Mecca was granted to Abraham (and his son Isma'il) for a place of worship that was to be pure (without idols, the worship being paid to God, the One True God) and universal, without being reserved (like Solomon’s Temple of later times) to any one People or Race. (R).Cf. 2:125. Note that here the word qa'imin (who stand up for prayer) occurs in place of 'akifin (who use it as a retreat). In practice the meaning is the same. Those who go for a retreat to the Ka‘ba stay there for the time being.