Surah Al-Hajj: The Pilgrimage | Quran Study Guide

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The Surah · Al-Hajj

﴾١﴿ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ شَىْءٌ عَظِيمٌۭ

Yaaa ayyuhan naasuttaqu rabbakum; inna zalzalatas saa'ati shai'un 'azim

People, be mindful of your Lord. The earthquake of the Hour is a great thing.

﴾٢﴿ يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّآ أَرْضَعَتْ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلنَّاسَ سُكَٰرَىٰ وَمَا هُم بِسُكَٰرَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّ عَذَابَ ٱللَّهِ شَدِيدٌۭ

Yawma tarawnahaa tazhalu kullu murdi'atin 'ammaaa arda'at wa tada'u kullu zaati hamlin hamlahaa wa tarannaasa sukaaraa wa maa hum bisukaaraa wa lakinaa 'azaabal laahi shadid

On the Day you see it, every nursing mother will forget what she nursed, and every pregnant woman will deliver her burden, and you will see people as though intoxicated, though they are not intoxicated. But the punishment of Allah is severe.

﴾٣﴿ وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَٰدِلُ فِى ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۢ وَيَتَّبِعُ كُلَّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ مَّرِيدٍۢ

Wa minan naasi mai yujaadilu fil laahi bighairi 'ilminw wa yattabi'u kullaa shaitaanim marid

Among people is the one who argues about Allah without knowledge and follows every rebellious devil.

﴾٤﴿ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ مَن تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُۥ يُضِلُّهُۥ وَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

Kutiba 'alaihi annahu man tawallaahu fa annahu yudil lauhu wa yahdihi ilaa 'azaabis sa'ir

It is decreed for him that whoever takes him as a friend, he will lead him astray and guide him to the punishment of the blaze.

﴾٥﴿ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْبَعْثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰكُم مِّن تُرَابٍۢ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍۢ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍۢ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضْغَةٍۢ مُّخَلَّقَةٍۢ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍۢ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ ۚ وَنُقِرُّ فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًۭا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَشُدَّكُمْ ۖ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرْذَلِ ٱلْعُمُرِ لِكَيْلَا يَعْلَمَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عِلْمٍۢ شَيْـًۭٔا ۚ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةًۭ فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَآءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنۢبَتَتْ مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍۢ

Yaaa ayyuhan naasu in kuntum fi raibim minal ba'si fa innaa khalaqnaakum min turaabin summa min nutfatin summaa min 'alaqatin summa mim mud ghatim mukhal laqatinw wa ghairi mukhalla qatil linubaiyina lakum; wa nuqirru fil arhaami maa nashaaa'u ilaaa ajalim musam man summa nukhrijukum tiflan summa litablughuo ashud dakum wa minkum mai yutawaffa wa minkum mai yuraddu ilaaa arzalil 'umuri likailaa ya'lama mim ba'di 'ilmin shai'aa; wa taral arda haamidatan fa izaaa anzalnaa 'alaihal maaa'ah tazzat wa rabat wa ambatat min kulli zawjim bahij

People, if you are in doubt about the resurrection, We created you from dust, then from a drop, then from a clinging form, then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed, so that We may make it clear to you. And We settle in the wombs what We will for a stated term, then We bring you out as a child, then you reach your full strength. Among you is the one who dies, and among you is the one returned to the most feeble age, so that he knows nothing after having known. And you see the earth lifeless, and when We send down water upon it, it stirs and swells and produces every beautiful kind.

﴾٦﴿ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّهُۥ يُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَأَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ

Zaalika bi annal laaha huwal haqqu wa annahu yuhyil mawtaa wa annahu 'alaakulli shai'in qadir

That is because Allah is the Truth, and because He gives life to the dead, and because He has power over all things,

﴾٧﴿ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌۭ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

Wa annas saa'ata aatiya tul laa raiba fiha wa annal laaha yab'asuman fil qubur

and because the Hour is coming, no doubt about it, and because Allah will raise those in the graves.

﴾٨﴿ وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَٰدِلُ فِى ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۢ وَلَا هُدًۭى وَلَا كِتَٰبٍۢ مُّنِيرٍۢ

Wa minan naasi mai yujaadilu fil laahi bighairi 'ilminw wa laa hudanw wa laa kitaabim munir

Among people is the one who argues about Allah without knowledge, without guidance, and without an enlightening Book,

﴾٩﴿ ثَانِىَ عِطْفِهِۦ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ لَهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا خِزْىٌۭ ۖ وَنُذِيقُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

Saaniya 'itfihi liyudilla 'an sabilil laahi lahu fiddun yaa khizyunw wa nuziquhu yawmal qiyaamati 'azaabal lhariq

turning his side arrogantly to lead others away from the way of Allah. For him is disgrace in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection We will make him taste the punishment of the burning.

﴾١٠﴿ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاكَ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّٰمٍۢ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

Zaalika bimaa qaddamat yadaaka wa annal laaha laisa bizallaamil lil'abid

That is for what your hands sent forth, and because Allah is not unjust to His servants.

﴾١١﴿ وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ حَرْفٍۢ ۖ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُۥ خَيْرٌ ٱطْمَأَنَّ بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ ٱنقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ خَسِرَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

Wa minan naasi mai ya'budul laaha 'alaa harfin fa in asaabahu khairunit maanna bihi wa in asaabat hu fitnatunin qalaba 'alaa wajhihi khasirad dunyaa wal aakhirah; zaalika huwal khusraanul mubin

Among people is the one who worships Allah on an edge. If good touches him, he is content with it. If a trial touches him, he turns about on his face. He has lost this world and the hereafter. That is the clear loss.

﴾١٢﴿ يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ

Yad'u min dunil laahi maa laa yadurruhu wa maa laa yanfa'uh' zaalika huwad dalaalul ba'ed

He calls, besides Allah, upon what neither harms him nor benefits him. That is the far error.

﴾١٣﴿ يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ

Yad'u laman darruhuo aqrabu min naf'ih; labi'salmawlaa wa labi'sal 'ashir

He calls upon one whose harm is nearer than his benefit. What an evil protector, and what an evil companion.

﴾١٤﴿ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ

Innal laaha yudkhilul laina aamanu wa 'amilus saalihaati jannaatin tajri min tahtihal anhaar; innal laaha yaf'alu maa yurid

Allah admits those who believe and do righteous deeds into gardens beneath which rivers flow. Allah does what He intends.

﴾١٥﴿ مَن كَانَ يَظُنُّ أَن لَّن يَنصُرَهُ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ بِسَبَبٍ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ثُمَّ لْيَقْطَعْ فَلْيَنظُرْ هَلْ يُذْهِبَنَّ كَيْدُهُۥ مَا يَغِيظُ

Man kaana yazunnu allai yansurahul laahu fid dunyaa wal aakhirati fal yamdud bisababin ilas samaaa'i summal yaqta' falyanzur hal yuzhibanna kaiduhu maa yaghiz

Whoever thinks that Allah will not help him in this world and the hereafter, let him stretch a rope to the sky, then cut it off, and see whether his plan removes what enrages him.

﴾١٦﴿ وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يُرِيدُ

Wa kazaalika anzalnaahu aayaatim baiyinaatinw wa annal laaha yahdi mai yurid

In the same way We sent it down as clear verses, and Allah guides whom He intends.

﴾١٧﴿ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلصَّٰبِـِٔينَ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ وَٱلْمَجُوسَ وَٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ

Innal lazina aamanu wallazina haadu was saabi'ina wan nasaaraa wal majusa wallazina ashrakuo innal laaha yafsilu bainahum yawmal qiyaamah; innal laaha 'alaa kulli shai'in shahid

Those who believed, and those who were Jews, and the Sabeans, and the Christians, and the Magians, and those who associated others with Allah, Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. Allah is Witness over all things.

﴾١٨﴿ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَسْجُدُ لَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ وَٱلنُّجُومُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ وَٱلدَّوَآبُّ وَكَثِيرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ وَمَن يُهِنِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّكْرِمٍ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۩

Alam tara annal laaha yasjudu lahu man fis samaawaati wa man fil ardi wash shamsu walqamaru wan nu jumu wal jibaalu wash shajaru wad dawaaabbu wa kasirum minan naasi wa kasirun haqqa 'alaihil 'azaab; wa mai yuhinil laahu famaa lahu mim mukrim; innallaaha yaf'alu maa yashaaa

Do you not see that to Allah prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth, and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures, and many among people? And upon many the punishment is justified. Whoever Allah disgraces, there is none to honor him. Allah does what He wills.

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A prostration is made here in recitation.

﴾١٩﴿ ۞ هَٰذَانِ خَصْمَانِ ٱخْتَصَمُوا۟ فِى رَبِّهِمْ ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قُطِّعَتْ لَهُمْ ثِيَابٌۭ مِّن نَّارٍۢ يُصَبُّ مِن فَوْقِ رُءُوسِهِمُ ٱلْحَمِيمُ

Haazaani khasmaanikh tasamu fi rabbihim fal lazina kafaru qutti'at lahum siyaabum min naar; yusabbu min fawqi ru'usihimul hamim

These are two adversaries who disputed about their Lord. For those who disbelieved, garments of fire will be cut out for them, and scalding water will be poured over their heads,

﴾٢٠﴿ يُصْهَرُ بِهِۦ مَا فِى بُطُونِهِمْ وَٱلْجُلُودُ

Yusharu bihi maa fi butunihim waljulud

melting what is in their bellies, and their skins.

﴾٢١﴿ وَلَهُم مَّقَٰمِعُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍۢ

Wa lahum maqaami'u min hadid

And for them are hooked rods of iron.

﴾٢٢﴿ كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا مِنْ غَمٍّ أُعِيدُوا۟ فِيهَا وَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

Kullamaa araaduo any yakhruju minhaa min ghammin u'idu fiha wa zuqu 'azaabal hariq

Every time they want to come out of it, out of anguish, they are returned to it. Taste the punishment of the burning.

﴾٢٣﴿ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍۢ وَلُؤْلُؤًۭا ۖ وَلِبَاسُهُمْ فِيهَا حَرِيرٌۭ

Innal laaha yudkhilul lazina aamanu wa 'amilus saalihaati jannaatin tajri min tahtihal anhaaru yuhallawna fihaa min asaawira min zahabinw wa lu'lu'aa; wa libaasuhum fihaa harir

Allah admits those who believe and do righteous deeds into gardens beneath which rivers flow, adorned there with bracelets of gold and pearl, and their garments there are silk.

﴾٢٤﴿ وَهُدُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيِّبِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَهُدُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

Wa huduo ilat taiyibi minal qawli wa huduo ilaaa siraatil hamid

They were guided to good speech, and guided to the path of the Praiseworthy.

﴾٢٥﴿ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلْنَٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ سَوَآءً ٱلْعَٰكِفُ فِيهِ وَٱلْبَادِ ۚ وَمَن يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحَادٍۭ بِظُلْمٍۢ نُّذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍۢ

Innal lazina kafaru wa yasudduna 'an sabilil laahi wal masjidil haraamil lazi ja'alnaahu linnaasi sawaaa'anil 'aakifu fihi walbaad; wa mai yurid fihi bi ilhaadim bizulmin nuziqhu min 'azaabin alim

Those who disbelieve and turn people from the way of Allah and from the Sacred Mosque, which We made for people, equal for the resident and the visitor, and whoever intends deviation in it by wrongdoing, We will make him taste a painful punishment.

﴾٢٦﴿ وَإِذْ بَوَّأْنَا لِإِبْرَٰهِيمَ مَكَانَ ٱلْبَيْتِ أَن لَّا تُشْرِكْ بِى شَيْـًۭٔا وَطَهِّرْ بَيْتِىَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَٱلْقَآئِمِينَ وَٱلرُّكَّعِ ٱلسُّجُودِ

Wa iz bawwaanaa li ibraahima makaanal baiti allaa tushrik bi shai'anw wa tahhir baitiya litaaa'ifina walqaaa' imina warrukka 'is sujud

And when We showed Ibrahim the site of the House: do not associate anything with Me, and purify My House for those who circle it, and those who stand and bow and prostrate.

﴾٢٧﴿ وَأَذِّن فِى ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَجِّ يَأْتُوكَ رِجَالًۭا وَعَلَىٰ كُلِّ ضَامِرٍۢ يَأْتِينَ مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍۢ

Wa azzin fin naasi bil hajji yaatuka rijaalanw wa 'alaa kulli daamiriny yaatina min kulli fajjin 'amiq

And announce to the people the pilgrimage. They will come to you on foot and on every lean camel, coming from every distant pass,

﴾٢٨﴿ لِّيَشْهَدُوا۟ مَنَٰفِعَ لَهُمْ وَيَذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ فِىٓ أَيَّامٍۢ مَّعْلُومَٰتٍ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ۖ فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا۟ ٱلْبَآئِسَ ٱلْفَقِيرَ

Li yashhadu manaafi'a lahum wa yazkurus mal laahi fie ayyaamimma'lumaatin 'alaa maa razaqahum mim bahimatil an'aami fakulu minhaa wa at'imul baaa'isal faqir

so that they may witness benefits for themselves, and mention the name of Allah on known days over what He provided them of grazing livestock. So eat from them and feed the desperate and the poor.

﴾٢٩﴿ ثُمَّ لْيَقْضُوا۟ تَفَثَهُمْ وَلْيُوفُوا۟ نُذُورَهُمْ وَلْيَطَّوَّفُوا۟ بِٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْعَتِيقِ

Summal yaqdu tafasahum wal yufu nuzurahum wal yattawwafu bil baitil 'Atiq

Then let them end their untidiness, fulfill their vows, and circle the ancient House.

﴾٣٠﴿ ذَٰلِكَ وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ حُرُمَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌۭ لَّهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ ۗ وَأُحِلَّتْ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمُ إِلَّا مَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ ٱلرِّجْسَ مِنَ ٱلْأَوْثَٰنِ وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ قَوْلَ ٱلزُّورِ

Zaalika wa mai yu'azzim hurumaatil laahi fahuwa khairul lahu 'inda rabbih; wa uhillat lakumul an'aamu illaa maa yutlaa 'alaikum fajtanibur rijsa minal awsaani wajtanibu qawlaz zur

That is so. Whoever honors the sacred things of Allah, it is better for him with his Lord. Livestock is made lawful for you, except what is recited to you. So avoid the filth of idols, and avoid false speech,

﴾٣١﴿ حُنَفَآءَ لِلَّهِ غَيْرَ مُشْرِكِينَ بِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتَخْطَفُهُ ٱلطَّيْرُ أَوْ تَهْوِى بِهِ ٱلرِّيحُ فِى مَكَانٍۢ سَحِيقٍۢ

Hunafaaa'a lillaahi ghaira mushrikina bih; wa mai yushrik billaahi faka annamaa kharra minas samaaa'i fatakh tafuhut tairu aw tahwi bihir rihu bi makaanin sahiq

inclining to Allah, not associating anything with Him. Whoever associates with Allah is as though he fell from the sky and the birds snatched him, or the wind threw him to a far place.

﴾٣٢﴿ ذَٰلِكَ وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ شَعَٰٓئِرَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقْوَى ٱلْقُلُوبِ

Zaalika wa mai yu'azzim sha'aaa'iral laahi fa innahaa min taqwal qulub

That is so. Whoever honors the symbols of Allah, that comes from the mindfulness of the hearts.

﴾٣٣﴿ لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى ثُمَّ مَحِلُّهَآ إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْعَتِيقِ

Lakum fihaa manaafi'u ilaaa ajalim musamman summa mahilluhaaa ilal baitil 'Atiq

In them are benefits for you for a stated term, then their place of sacrifice is at the ancient House.

﴾٣٤﴿ وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍۢ جَعَلْنَا مَنسَكًۭا لِّيَذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ۗ فَإِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌۭ وَٰحِدٌۭ فَلَهُۥٓ أَسْلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُخْبِتِينَ

Wa likulli ummatin ja'alnaa mansakal liyazkurus mal laahi 'alaa maa razaqahum mim bahimatil an'aam; failaahukum ilaahunw waahidun falahuo aslimu; wa bashshiril mukhbitin

For every nation We appointed a rite, so that they may mention the name of Allah over what He provided them of grazing livestock. Your God is one God, so submit to Him. And give good news to the humble,

﴾٣٥﴿ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ وَٱلْمُقِيمِى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

Allazina izaa zukiral laahu wajilat qulubuhum wassaabirina 'alaa maaa asaabahum walmuqimis salaati wa mimmaa razaqnaahum yunfiqun

those whose hearts tremble when Allah is mentioned, who are patient over what strikes them, who establish the prayer, and who spend from what We provided them.

﴾٣٦﴿ وَٱلْبُدْنَ جَعَلْنَٰهَا لَكُم مِّن شَعَٰٓئِرِ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ فِيهَا خَيْرٌۭ ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا صَوَآفَّ ۖ فَإِذَا وَجَبَتْ جُنُوبُهَا فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا۟ ٱلْقَانِعَ وَٱلْمُعْتَرَّ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرْنَٰهَا لَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Walbudna ja'alnaahaa lakum min sha'aaa'iril laahi lakum fihaa khairun fazkurusmal laahi 'alaihaa sawaaff; fa izaa wajabat junubuhaa fakulu minhaa wa at'imul qaani'a walmu'tarr; kazaalika sakhkharnaahaa lakum la'allakum tashkurun

And the camels for sacrifice, We made them for you among the symbols of Allah. In them is good for you. So mention the name of Allah over them as they stand in line, and when they fall on their sides, eat from them and feed the contented and the beggar. In the same way We made them subject to you, so that you may be grateful.

﴾٣٧﴿ لَن يَنَالَ ٱللَّهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَآؤُهَا وَلَٰكِن يَنَالُهُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ مِنكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمْ لِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Lany yanaalal laaha luhu muhaa wa laa dimaaa'uhaa wa laakiny yanaaluhut taqwaa minkum; kazaalika sakhkharhaa lakum litukabbirul laaha 'alaa ma hadaakum; wa bashshirul muhsinin

Their meat will not reach Allah, nor their blood, but the mindfulness from you reaches Him. In the same way He made them subject to you, so that you may magnify Allah for guiding you. And give good news to those who do good.

﴾٣٨﴿ ۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدَٰفِعُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ خَوَّانٍۢ كَفُورٍ

Innal laaha yudaafi' 'anil lazina aamanu; innal laaha laa yuhibbu kulla khawwaanin kafur

Allah defends those who believe. Allah does not love any treacherous, ungrateful person.

﴾٣٩﴿ أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَٰتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُوا۟ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ

Uzina lillazina yuqaataluna bi annahum zulimu; wa innal laaha 'alaa nasrihim la qaderr

Permission is given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged, and Allah is able to give them victory,

﴾٤٠﴿ ٱلَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا۟ مِن دِيَٰرِهِم بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ إِلَّآ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعْضَهُم بِبَعْضٍۢ لَّهُدِّمَتْ صَوَٰمِعُ وَبِيَعٌۭ وَصَلَوَٰتٌۭ وَمَسَٰجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا ٱسْمُ ٱللَّهِ كَثِيرًۭا ۗ وَلَيَنصُرَنَّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُۥٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَقَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ

Allazina ukhriju min diyaarihim bighairi haqqin illaaa any yaqulu rabbunallaah; wa law laa daf'ul laahin naasa ba'dahum biba'dil lahuddimat sawaami'u wa biya'unw wa salawaatunw wa masaajidu yuzkaru fihasmul laahi kasiraa; wa layansurannal laahu mai yansuruh; innal laaha la qawiyyun 'Aziz

those who were driven from their homes without right, only for saying, "Our Lord is Allah." Were it not that Allah repels some people by means of others, monasteries, churches, synagogues and mosques, in which the name of Allah is much mentioned, would have been demolished. Allah will surely help those who help Him. Allah is Strong, Mighty.

﴾٤١﴿ ٱلَّذِينَ إِن مَّكَّنَّٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَمَرُوا۟ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهَوْا۟ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗ وَلِلَّهِ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْأُمُورِ

Allazina im makkan naahum fil ardi aqaamus salaata wa aatawuz zakaata wa amaru bilma'rufi wa nahaw 'anil munkar; wa lillaahi 'aaqibatul umur

Those who, if We establish them in the land, establish the prayer, give the zakat, command what is right and forbid what is wrong. And to Allah belongs the outcome of all matters.

﴾٤٢﴿ وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ وَعَادٌۭ وَثَمُودُ

Wa iny yukazzibuka faqad kazzabat qablahum qawmu nuinw wa aadunw wa samud

If they deny you, the people of Nuh, and Ad, and Thamud denied before them,

﴾٤٣﴿ وَقَوْمُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍۢ

Wa qawmu ibraahima wa qawmu lut

and the people of Ibrahim, and the people of Lut,

﴾٤٤﴿ وَأَصْحَٰبُ مَدْيَنَ ۖ وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَىٰ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

Wa as haabu madyana wa kuzziba musaa fa amlaitu lilkaafirina summa akhaztuhum fakaifa kaana nakir

and the companions of Madyan. And Musa was denied. I gave the disbelievers time, then I seized them, and how was My rejection.

﴾٤٥﴿ فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌۭ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍۢ مُّعَطَّلَةٍۢ وَقَصْرٍۢ مَّشِيدٍ

Faka ayyim min qaryatin ahlaknaahaa wa hiya zaalimatun fahiya khaawiyatun 'alaa 'urushihaa wa bi'rim mu'at talatinw wa qasrim mashid

How many towns We destroyed while they were doing wrong, so they are fallen in on their roofs, and how many abandoned wells and lofty palaces.

﴾٤٦﴿ أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌۭ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ ءَاذَانٌۭ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۖ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ وَلَٰكِن تَعْمَى ٱلْقُلُوبُ ٱلَّتِى فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ

Afalam yasiru fil ardi fatakuna lahum qulubuny ya'qiluna bihaaa aw aazaanuny yasm'una bihaa fa innahaa laa ta'mal absaaru wa laakin ta'mal qulubul lati fissudur

Have they not traveled the earth, so that they may have hearts to reason with, or ears to hear with? It is not the eyes that go blind, but the hearts in the chests that go blind.

﴾٤٧﴿ وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥ ۚ وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍۢ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

Wa yasta'julunaka bil'azaabi wa lany yukhlifal laahu wa'dah; wa inna yawman 'inda rabbika ka'alfi sanatim mimmaa ta'uddun

They ask you to hasten the punishment. Allah will not break His promise. A day with your Lord is like a thousand years of what you count.

﴾٤٨﴿ وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌۭ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهَا وَإِلَىَّ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Wa ka ayyim min qaryatin amlaitu lahaa wa hiya zaalimatun summa akhaztuhaa wa ilaiyal masir

How many towns I gave time to while they were doing wrong, then I seized them. And to Me is the destination.

﴾٤٩﴿ قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

Qul yaaa ayyuhan naasu innamaaa ana lakum nazirum mubin

Say, "People, I am only a clear warner to you."

﴾٥٠﴿ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ وَرِزْقٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ

Fallazina aamanu wa 'amilu saalihaati lahum maghfiratunw wa rizqun karim

Those who believe and do righteous deeds will have forgiveness and generous provision.

﴾٥١﴿ وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوْا۟ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Wallazina sa'aw fie aayaatinaa mu'aajizina ulaaa ika as-haabul jahim

Those who strive against Our verses, seeking to escape, are the companions of the blaze.

﴾٥٢﴿ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍۢ وَلَا نَبِىٍّ إِلَّآ إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰٓ أَلْقَى ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فِىٓ أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ فَيَنسَخُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يُلْقِى ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ

Wa maaa arsalnaa min qablika mir rasulinnw wa laa nabiyyin illaaa izaaa tamannaaa alqash shaitaanu fie umniy yatihi fa yansakhul laahu maa yulqish shaitaanu summa yuhkimul laahu aayaatih; wallaahu 'Alimun hakim

We never sent a messenger or a prophet before you but that, when he recited, Satan cast something into his recitation. Allah abolishes what Satan casts, then Allah establishes His verses. Allah is Knowing, Wise,

﴾٥٣﴿ لِّيَجْعَلَ مَا يُلْقِى ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْقَاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَفِى شِقَاقٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ

Liyaj'ala maa yulqish shaitaanu fitnatal lillazina fi qulubihim maradunw walqaasiyati qulubuhum; wa innaz zaalimina lafi shiqaaqim ba'id

so that He may make what Satan casts a trial for those with sickness in their hearts and those whose hearts are hard. The wrongdoers are in extreme dissent.

﴾٥٤﴿ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَتُخْبِتَ لَهُۥ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ

Wa liya'lamal lazina utul 'ilma annahul haqqu mir rabbika fa yu'minu bihi fatukhbita ahu qulubuhum; wa innal laaha lahaadil lazina aamanu ilaa siraatim mustaqim

And so that those given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord, and believe in it, and their hearts submit humbly to it. Allah guides those who believe to a straight path.

﴾٥٥﴿ وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى مِرْيَةٍۢ مِّنْهُ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَقِيمٍ

Wa laa yazaalul lazina kafaru fi miryatim minhu hattaa taatiyahumus saa'atu baghtatan aw yaatiyahum 'azaabu yawmin 'aqim

Those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt about it until the Hour comes upon them suddenly, or the punishment of a barren Day comes to them.

﴾٥٦﴿ ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلَّهِ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Almulku yawma'izil lillaahi yahkumu bainahum; fallazina aamanu wa 'amilus saalihaati fi jannaatin na'im

The dominion that Day belongs to Allah. He will judge between them. Those who believed and did righteous deeds will be in gardens of delight.

﴾٥٧﴿ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ مُّهِينٌۭ

Wallazina kafaru wa kazzabu bi aayaatinaa fa ulaaa'ika lahum 'azaabum muhin

Those who disbelieved and denied Our verses will have a humiliating punishment.

﴾٥٨﴿ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ قُتِلُوٓا۟ أَوْ مَاتُوا۟ لَيَرْزُقَنَّهُمُ ٱللَّهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًۭا ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ

Wallazina haajaru fi sabilil laahi summa qutiluo law maatu la yarzuqan nahumul laahu rizqan hasanaa; wa innal laaha la huwa khairur raaziqin

Those who emigrated in the way of Allah and were then killed or died, Allah will provide for them a good provision. Allah is the best of providers.

﴾٥٩﴿ لَيُدْخِلَنَّهُم مُّدْخَلًۭا يَرْضَوْنَهُۥ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٌۭ

La yudkhilan nahum mud khalany yardawnah; wa innal laaha la 'Alimun halim

He will admit them to an entrance they will be pleased with. Allah is Knowing, Forbearing.

﴾٦٠﴿ ۞ ذَٰلِكَ وَمَنْ عَاقَبَ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِهِۦ ثُمَّ بُغِىَ عَلَيْهِ لَيَنصُرَنَّهُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌۭ

Zaalika wa man 'aaqaba bimisli maa 'uqiba bihi summa bughiya 'alaihi la yansurannahul laah; innal laaha la 'Afuwwun ghafur

That is so. Whoever responds with the like of what he was harmed with, and is then wronged again, Allah will help him. Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.

﴾٦١﴿ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌۭ

Zaalika bi annal laaha yulijul laila fin nahaari wa yulijun nahaara fil laili wa annal laaha sami'um basir

That is because Allah merges the night into the day and merges the day into the night, and because Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

﴾٦٢﴿ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ هُوَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

Zaalika bi annal laaha huwal haqqu wa anna maa yad'una min dunihi huwal baatilu wa annal laaha huwal 'Aliyyul kabir

That is because Allah is the Truth, and what they call upon besides Him is falsehood, and because Allah is the Most High, the Great.

﴾٦٣﴿ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَتُصْبِحُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مُخْضَرَّةً ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌۭ

Alam tara annal laaha anzala minas samaaa'i maaa'an fatusbihul ardu mukhdarrah; innal laaha latifun khabir

Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the sky, and the earth becomes green? Allah is Subtle, Aware.

﴾٦٤﴿ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ

Lahu ma fis samaawaati wa ma fil ard; wa innal laaha la huwal ghaniyyul hamid

To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Allah is the Rich, the Praiseworthy.

﴾٦٥﴿ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْفُلْكَ تَجْرِى فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِأَمْرِهِۦ وَيُمْسِكُ ٱلسَّمَآءَ أَن تَقَعَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ

Alam tara annal laaha sakhkhara lakum maa fil ardi wal fulka tajri fil bahri bi amrihi wa yumsikus samaaa'a an taqa'a 'alal ardi illaa biiznih; innal laaha binnaasi la ra'ufur rahim

Do you not see that Allah has made subject to you whatever is on the earth, and the ships running through the sea by His command, and He holds the sky from falling on the earth except by His permission? Allah is Kind and Merciful to people.

﴾٦٦﴿ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٌۭ

Wa huwal lazi ahyaakum summa yumitukum summma yuhikum; innal insaana lakafur

He is the One who gave you life, then causes you to die, then gives you life again. The human being is truly ungrateful.

﴾٦٧﴿ لِّكُلِّ أُمَّةٍۢ جَعَلْنَا مَنسَكًا هُمْ نَاسِكُوهُ ۖ فَلَا يُنَٰزِعُنَّكَ فِى ٱلْأَمْرِ ۚ وَٱدْعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ هُدًۭى مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ

Likulli ummatin ja'alnaa mansakan hum naasikuhu falaa yunaazi 'unnaka fil amr; wad'u ilaa rabbika innaka la 'alaa hudam mustaqim

For every nation We appointed a rite which they perform. So let them not dispute with you over the matter. And call to your Lord. You are upon straight guidance.

﴾٦٨﴿ وَإِن جَٰدَلُوكَ فَقُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Wa in jaadaluka faqulil laahu a'lamu bimaa ta'malun

If they argue with you, say, "Allah knows best what you are doing.

﴾٦٩﴿ ٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

Allaahu yahkumu bainakum yawmal qiyaamati fimaa kuntum fihi takhtalifun

Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that in which you used to differ."

﴾٧٠﴿ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ فِى كِتَٰبٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌۭ

Alam ta'lam annal laaha ya'lamu maa fis samaaa'i wal ard; inna zaalika fi kitaab; inna zaalika 'alal laahi yasir

Do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven and the earth? That is in a record. That is easy for Allah.

﴾٧١﴿ وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِۦ سُلْطَٰنًۭا وَمَا لَيْسَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۭ ۗ وَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍۢ

Wa ya'buduna min dunil laahi maa lam yunazzil bihi sultaananw wa maa laisa lahum bihi 'ilm; wa maa lizzaalimina min nasir

They worship besides Allah what He has sent down no authority for, and what they have no knowledge of. The wrongdoers will have no helper.

﴾٧٢﴿ وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ يَكَادُونَ يَسْطُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا ۗ قُلْ أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرٍّۢ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمُ ۗ ٱلنَّارُ وَعَدَهَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Wa izaa tutlaa 'laihim aayaatunaa baiyinaatin ta'rifu fi wujuhil lazina kafarul munkara yakaaduna yastuna bil lazina yatluna 'alaihim aayaatinaa; qul afa unab bi'ukum bisharrim min zaalikum; an naaru wa 'adahal laahul lazina kafaru wa bi'sal masir

When Our clear verses are recited to them, you recognize denial in the faces of those who disbelieve. They almost attack those who recite Our verses to them. Say, "Shall I tell you of something worse than that? The Fire. Allah has promised it to those who disbelieve, and it is an evil destination."

﴾٧٣﴿ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌۭ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا۟ ذُبَابًۭا وَلَوِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ ۖ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيْـًۭٔا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ۚ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ

Yaaa ayyuhan naasu duriba masalun fastami'u lah; innal lazina tad'una min dunil laahi lai yakhluqu zubaabanw wa lawijtama'u lahu wa iny yaslub humuz zubbabu shai'al laa yastan qizuhu minh; da'ufat taalibu walmatlub

People, an example is presented, so listen to it. Those you call upon besides Allah could never create a fly, even if they gathered together for it. And if the fly took something from them, they could not retrieve it from it. Weak is the seeker and the sought.

﴾٧٤﴿ مَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَقَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ

Maa qadrul laaha haqqa qadrih; innal laaha la qawiyyun 'Aziz

They have not measured Allah with the measure due to Him. Allah is Strong, Mighty.

﴾٧٥﴿ ٱللَّهُ يَصْطَفِى مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًۭا وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌۭ

Allahu yastafi minal malaaa'ikati rusulanw wa minan naas; innal laaha sami'um basir

Allah chooses messengers from the angels and from people. Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

﴾٧٦﴿ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۗ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

Ya'lamu maa baina aydihim wa maa khalfahum; wa ilal laahi turja'ul umur

He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and to Allah all matters are returned.

﴾٧٧﴿ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ وَٱفْعَلُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ۩

Yaaa ayyuhal lazina aamanur ka'u wasjudu wa'budu rabbakum waf'alul khaira la'allakum tuflihun

You who believe, bow, prostrate, worship your Lord, and do good, so that you may succeed.

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A second prostration is made here in the Shafi'i school.

﴾٧٨﴿ وَجَٰهِدُوا۟ فِى ٱللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِۦ ۚ هُوَ ٱجْتَبَىٰكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍۢ ۚ مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚ هُوَ سَمَّىٰكُمُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ وَفِى هَٰذَا لِيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ فَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ هُوَ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ ٱلنَّصِيرُ

Wa jaahidu fil laahi haqqa jihaadih; huwaj tabaakum wa maa ja'ala 'alaikum fid dini min haraj; millata abikum ibraahim; huwa sammaakumul muslimina min qablu wa fi haaza li yakunar rasulu shahidan 'alaikum wa takunu shuhadaaa'a 'alan naas; fa aqimus salaata wa aatuz zakaata wa'tasimu billaahi huwa mawlaakum fani'mal mawlaa wa ni'man nasir

And strive for Allah with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has placed no hardship upon you in the religion, the way of your father Ibrahim. He named you Muslims before, and in this, so that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over people. So establish the prayer, give the zakat, and hold fast to Allah. He is your Protector. What an excellent Protector, and what an excellent Helper.

The Tafsir · The Breakdown

What The Surah Means

Overview

The Man Standing on an Edge

Al-Hajj contains a diagnosis that most men will recognize before they finish reading it. Verse 11. Among people is the one who worships Allah on an edge. If good touches him, he is content with it. If a trial touches him, he turns about on his face. Ala harfin, on a rim, on the outer margin of something rather than inside it. This is not a disbeliever. He worships. The problem is his position, which is such that any pressure tips him out. The rest of the surah is about what puts a man inside instead: a call announced from a hilltop, a pilgrimage that costs him something, a sacrifice whose meat is explicitly said not to reach Allah, and a striving described at the end as being due to Him.

Verses 1 to 24

Worship on an Edge

Verse 2 opens with an image that removes every ordinary priority in one line. Every nursing mother will forget what she nursed. The strongest instinct in the created world, described as forgotten. Verse 5 then answers doubt about resurrection by walking a man through his own biography: dust, a drop, a clinging form, a lump, a child, full strength, and then the clause that should stop him. Among you is the one returned to the most feeble age, so that he knows nothing after having known. A man can lose what he spent a lifetime acquiring while still alive, and the verse puts that in the same list as being made from dust. Verse 11 is the center. He worships Allah on an edge. Good arrives and he is content. Trial arrives and he turns about on his face. The verdict is blunt and covers both directions. He has lost this world and the hereafter. He did not even get the world he was hedging for. Verse 15 then handles the other man, the one who suspects Allah will not help him. Let him stretch a rope to the sky, then cut it off, and see whether his plan removes what enrages him. The image is deliberately absurd because the resentment it describes is absurd. A man furious that help has not come is invited to try engineering an alternative and watch what it accomplishes. Verse 18 lists what already prostrates: the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures, and many among people. Many, not all. Everything in creation is already in the posture except part of one species. Verse 24 closes the section with what the people of the Garden were guided to first. They were guided to good speech. Not to victory or wealth. To what comes out of their mouths.

Verses 25 to 41

What Reaches Him

Verse 27 is the command that built the largest recurring gathering in human history. Announce to the people the pilgrimage. They will come to you on foot and on every lean camel, coming from every distant pass. One man announcing to an empty valley. Verse 28 names the purpose without spiritualizing it: so that they may witness benefits for themselves, manafi', a plain word that covers trade, meeting, and provision, alongside the remembrance. Verse 32 gives the standard for every rite in the religion. Whoever honors the symbols of Allah, that comes from the mindfulness of the hearts. The outward act is described as evidence of an inward condition rather than a substitute for it. Verse 37 is the verse that governs every act of worship a man will ever perform. Their meat will not reach Allah, nor their blood, but the mindfulness from you reaches Him. The animal is slaughtered, the meat is distributed, the poor are fed, and none of that is what ascends. What ascends is taqwa. Read that against any act a man performs where the visible output is the point. Verse 35 names the people this reaches, and the list is compact: hearts that tremble when Allah is mentioned, patience over what strikes them, the prayer established, and spending from what they were given. Verse 39 and verse 40 then record the first permission to fight, given to people who had been driven from their homes for one sentence: our Lord is Allah. And verse 40 states the reason the permission exists, which is not conquest. Were it not that Allah repels some people by means of others, monasteries, churches, synagogues and mosques would have been demolished. The protection named includes houses of worship that are not Muslim. Verse 41 then sets the test for anyone who is given power. If We establish them in the land, they establish the prayer, give the zakat, command what is right, and forbid what is wrong. That is the job description attached to the position, and it is stated before the position is granted.

Verses 42 to 66

It Is Not the Eyes That Go Blind

Verse 46 is the sentence to keep from this section. Have they not traveled the earth, so that they may have hearts to reason with, or ears to hear with? It is not the eyes that go blind, but the hearts in the chests that go blind. The verse locates blindness precisely and does not use the word as a loose metaphor. It names the organ. A man with working eyes standing in front of the evidence is described as blind in a specific place. Verse 45 gives what he is standing in front of: towns fallen in on their roofs, abandoned wells, and lofty palaces, in that order, the wells and the palaces sitting side by side because both are empty. Verse 47 answers the men demanding the punishment now with a correction of scale. A day with your Lord is like a thousand years of what you count. Verses 52 through 54 address something men have always tried against revelation. An attempt is made to cast something into what a prophet delivers, Allah abolishes what is cast, and then establishes His verses. Verse 53 and verse 54 give the function of the whole episode: it separates those with sickness and hardness in their hearts from those given knowledge, whose hearts submit humbly to it. The attempt to corrupt the message becomes the instrument that sorts the audience. Verse 60 gives a rule of proportion that is easy to miss. Whoever responds with the like of what he was harmed with, and is then wronged again, Allah will help him. The response is capped at the like of the injury, and the help is promised to the man who kept to that cap and was struck anyway. Verse 65 then names something no one notices. He holds the sky from falling on the earth. The ordinary state of things is described as an act being performed continuously.

Verses 67 to 78

The Fly, and the Striving Due to Him

Verse 73 gives the most deflating example in the Quran, and it opens by asking for attention. People, an example is presented, so listen to it. Those you call upon besides Allah could never create a fly, even if they gathered together for it. And then the second half, which is worse than the first. If the fly took something from them, they could not retrieve it from it. Not only can the assembled powers not produce the smallest creature, they cannot recover what that creature takes off them. Then the verdict on both parties. Weak is the seeker and the sought. Verse 74 states the underlying failure in one line. They have not measured Allah with the measure due to Him. Every idolatry, ancient or modern, is described as an error of measurement. Verse 77 gives four commands in sequence: bow, prostrate, worship your Lord, and do good. Three acts inside the prayer and one outside it, joined without a seam. Note that this surah carries a prostration in recitation at verse 18, and in the Shafi'i school a second one at verse 77, which is why Al-Hajj is described as the surah with two prostrations. Verse 78 closes with the largest instruction in the surah and immediately removes the fear that comes with it. Strive for Allah with the striving due to Him. Then, in the same verse: He has chosen you and has placed no hardship upon you in the religion. Haraj, constriction, being boxed in. The demand is total and the design is not oppressive, and both statements are made in one breath. Then the identity: the way of your father Ibrahim, He named you Muslims before. And then the closing four: establish the prayer, give the zakat, hold fast to Allah, and know who is holding the other end.

The Structure · At A Glance

Seventy-Eight Verses. Their Meat Will Not Reach Allah.

The surah diagnoses the man who worships from the rim, content when things go well and turned around the moment pressure arrives, and says he lost both worlds. It answers doubt about resurrection with a man's own biography, including the age at which he loses what he spent a life learning. It records the call to the pilgrimage announced to an empty valley, names honoring the symbols as evidence of the heart rather than a substitute for it, and states plainly that no meat and no blood ascends, only the mindfulness behind it. It gives the first permission to fight to people expelled for one sentence, attaches a job description to any power granted, locates blindness in the chest rather than the eyes, and closes on a striving that is owed and a religion built without constriction.

The Practice · Daily Integration

Seventy-Eight Verses. Their Meat Will Not Reach Allah.

Verse 11. Name the last trial that tipped you. Ask honestly whether you were standing inside the religion or on its rim when it arrived.

Verse 37. Take one act of worship you perform visibly and ask what would remain of it if the visible part were removed.

Verse 41. Write the four in verse 41 as a job description for whatever authority you currently hold, over a household, a company, or a team.

آمِين

Prepared with discipline · Ameen

Verse-By-Verse · Test Yourself

The Quiz

Two questions per verse. Translation and a key Arabic word. Walk through it slow. The goal is comprehension, not speed.

Verse 21 / 12

The Verse

What image does verse 2 use for the earthquake of the Hour?