Surah Al-Ma'idah
۞ جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَعْبَةَ ٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلْحَرَامَ قِيَـٰمًا لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّهْرَ ٱلْحَرَامَ وَٱلْهَدْىَ وَٱلْقَلَـٰٓئِدَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
Ja‘alallāhul-ka‘batal-baital-ḥarāma qiyāmal lin-nāsi wasy-syahral-ḥarāma wal-hadya wal-qalā'id(a), żālika lita‘lamū annallāha ya‘lamu mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ(i), wa annallāha bikulli syai'in ‘alīm(un).
Allah has made the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, standing for the people and [has sanctified] the sacred months and the sacrificial animals and the garlands [by which they are identified]. That is so you may know that Allah knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and that Allah is Knowing of all things.
📝 Footnotes
229) The Ka‘bah and its surroundings serve as a sanctuary for mankind to conduct their worldly and otherworldly affairs, as well as the central locus for the Hajj pilgrimage.