Abraham
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[14:37]
"O our Sustainer! Behold, I have settled some of my offspring in a valley in which there is no arable land, close to Thy sanctified Temple, so that, O our Sustainer, they might devote themselves to prayer: cause Thou, therefore, people’s hearts to incline towards them, and grant them fruitful sustenance, so that they might have cause to be grateful.

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* v.37 : I.e., the narrow desert valley of Mecca, which is enclosed by barren, rocky hills. By “some of my offspring” Abraham refers to Ishmael and his descendants who settled at Mecca.
* I.e., to be desirous of visiting them – namely, on pilgrimage to Mecca – and thus help them to maintain themselves in the holy but barren land. The phrase af’idah min an-nās lends itself also to the rendering “the hearts of some people,” in which case it could be taken to mean “the hearts of the believers” (Baghawī, Rāzī, Ibn Kathīr).