سورة الحج
Surah Al-Hajj
The Pilgrimage
Surah Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) is the 22nd surah of the Quran. It has 78 verses and is a Medinan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ ۚ إِنَّ زَلۡزَلَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ شَيۡءٌ عَظِيمࣱ﴿١﴾
Ya ayyuha alnnasu ittaqoo rabbakum inna zalzalata alssaʿati shayon ʿatheemun
O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing.
يَوۡمَ تَرَوۡنَهَا تَذۡهَلُ كُلُّ مُرۡضِعَةٍ عَمَّآ أَرۡضَعَتۡ وَ تَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمۡلٍ حَمۡلَهَا وَ تَرَى ٱلنَّاسَ سُكَٰرَىٰ وَ مَا هُم بِسُكَٰرَىٰ وَ لَٰكِنَّ عَذَابَ ٱللَّهِ شَدِيدࣱ﴿٢﴾
Yawma tarawnaha tathhalu kullu murdiʿatin ʿamma ardaʿat watadaʿu kullu thati hamlin hamlaha watara alnnasa sukara wama hum bisukara walakinna ʿathaba Allahi shadeedun
On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that [child] she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will abort her pregnancy, and you will see the people [appearing] intoxicated while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allāh is severe.
وَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَٰدِلُ فِي ٱللَّهِ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمࣲ وَ يَتَّبِعُ كُلَّ شَيۡطَٰنࣲ مَّرِيدࣲ﴿٣﴾
Wamina alnnasi man yujadilu fee Allahi bighayri ʿilmin wayattabiʿu kulla shaytanin mareedin
And of the people is he who disputes about Allāh without knowledge and follows every rebellious devil.
كُتِبَ عَلَيۡهِ أَنَّهُۥ مَن تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُۥ يُضِلُّهُۥ وَ يَهۡدِيهِ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ﴿٤﴾
Kutiba ʿalayhi annahu man tawallahu faannahu yudilluhu wayahdeehi ila ʿathabi alssaʿeeri
It has been decreed for him [i.e., every devil] that whoever turns to him - he will misguide him and will lead him to the punishment of the Blaze.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمۡ فِي رَيۡبࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡبَعۡثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰكُم مِّن تُرَابࣲ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةࣲ ثُمَّ مِنۡ عَلَقَةࣲ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضۡغَةࣲ مُّخَلَّقَةࣲ وَ غَيۡرِ مُخَلَّقَةࣲ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمۡ ۚ وَ نُقِرُّ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلࣲ مُّسَمࣰّى ثُمَّ نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ طِفۡلࣰا ثُمَّ لِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْ أَشُدَّكُمۡ ۖ وَ مِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَ مِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرۡذَلِ ٱلۡعُمُرِ لِكَيۡلَا يَعۡلَمَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ عِلۡمࣲ شَيۡـࣰٔا ۚ وَ تَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ هَامِدَةࣰ فَإِذَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱهۡتَزَّتۡ وَ رَبَتۡ وَ أَنۢبَتَتۡ مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجِۭ بَهِيجࣲ﴿٥﴾
Ya ayyuha alnnasu in kuntum fee raybin mina albaʿthi fainna khalaqnakum min turabin thumma min nutfatin thumma min ʿalaqatin thumma min mudghatin mukhallaqatin waghayri mukhallaqatin linubayyina lakum wanuqirru fee alarhami ma nashao ila ajalin musamman thumma nukhrijukum tiflan thumma litablughoo ashuddakum waminkum man yutawaffa waminkum man yuraddu ila arthali alʿumuri likayla yaʿlama min baʿdi ʿilmin shayan watara alarda hamidatan faitha anzalna ʿalayha almaa ihtazzat warabat waanbatat min kulli zawjin baheejin
O people, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَ أَنَّهُۥ يُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَ أَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ قَدِيرࣱ﴿٦﴾
Thalika bianna Allaha huwa alhaqqu waannahu yuhyee almawta waannahu ʿala kulli shayin qadeerun
That is because Allāh is the True Reality and because He gives life to the dead and because He is over all things competent
وَ أَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةࣱ لَّا رَيۡبَ فِيهَا وَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبۡعَثُ مَن فِي ٱلۡقُبُورِ﴿٧﴾
Waanna alssaʿata atiyatun la rayba feeha waanna Allaha yabʿathu man fee alquboori
And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allāh will resurrect those in the graves.
وَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَٰدِلُ فِي ٱللَّهِ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمࣲ وَ لَا هُدࣰى وَ لَا كِتَٰبࣲ مُّنِيرࣲ﴿٨﴾
Wamina alnnasi man yujadilu fee Allahi bighayri ʿilmin wala hudan wala kitabin muneerin
And of the people is he who disputes about Allāh without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening book [from Him],
ثَانِيَ عِطۡفِهِۦ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ لَهُۥ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا خِزۡيࣱ ۖ وَ نُذِيقُهُۥ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ عَذَابَ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ﴿٩﴾
Thaniya ʿitfihi liyudilla ʿan sabeeli Allahi lahu fee alddunya khizyun wanutheequhu yawma alqiyamati ʿathaba alhareeqi
Twisting his neck [in arrogance] to mislead [people] from the way of Allāh. For him in the world is disgrace, and We will make him taste on the Day of Resurrection the punishment of the Burning Fire [while it is said],
ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاكَ وَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيۡسَ بِظَلَّٰمࣲ لِّلۡعَبِيدِ﴿١٠﴾
Thalika bima qaddamat yadaka waanna Allaha laysa bithallamin lilʿabeedi
"That is for what your hands have put forth and because Allāh is not ever unjust to [His] servants."
وَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَعۡبُدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ حَرۡفࣲ ۖ فَإِنۡ أَصَابَهُۥ خَيۡرٌ ٱطۡمَأَنَّ بِهِۦ ۖ وَ إِنۡ أَصَابَتۡهُ فِتۡنَةٌ ٱنقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦ خَسِرَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخُسۡرَانُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ﴿١١﴾
Wamina alnnasi man yaʿbudu Allaha ʿala harfin fain asabahu khayrun itmaanna bihi wain asabathu fitnatun inqalaba ʿala wajhihi khasira alddunya waalakhirata thalika huwa alkhusranu almubeenu
And of the people is he who worships Allāh on an edge. If he is touched by good, he is reassured by it; but if he is struck by trial, he turns on his face [to unbelief]. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is the manifest loss.
يَدۡعُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلۡبَعِيدُ﴿١٢﴾
Yadʿoo min dooni Allahi ma la yadurruhu wama la yanfaʿuhu thalika huwa alddalalu albaʿeedu
He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.
يَدۡعُواْ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقۡرَبُ مِن نَّفۡعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَوۡلَىٰ وَ لَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡعَشِيرُ﴿١٣﴾
Yadʿoo laman darruhu aqrabu min nafʿihi labisa almawla walabisa alʿasheeru
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدۡخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتࣲ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ﴿١٤﴾
Inna Allaha yudkhilu allatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu inna Allaha yafʿalu ma yureedu
Indeed, Allāh will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. Indeed, Allāh does what He intends.
مَن كَانَ يَظُنُّ أَن لَّن يَنصُرَهُ ٱللَّهُ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ فَلۡيَمۡدُدۡ بِسَبَبٍ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ثُمَّ لۡيَقۡطَعۡ فَلۡيَنظُرۡ هَلۡ يُذۡهِبَنَّ كَيۡدُهُۥ مَا يَغِيظُ﴿١٥﴾
Man kana yathunnu an lan yansurahu Allahu fee alddunya waalakhirati falyamdud bisababin ila alssamai thumma liyaqtaʿ falyanthur hal yuthhibanna kayduhu ma yagheethu
Whoever should think that Allāh will not support him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] in this world and the Hereafter - let him extend a rope to the ceiling, then cut off [his breath], and let him see: will his effort remove that which enrages [him]?
وَ كَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِۭ بَيِّنَٰتࣲ وَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهۡدِي مَن يُرِيدُ﴿١٦﴾
Wakathalika anzalnahu ayatin bayyinatin waanna Allaha yahdee man yureedu
And thus have We sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down as verses of clear evidence and because Allāh guides whom He intends.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ وَ ٱلصَّٰبِـِٔينَ وَ ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ وَ ٱلۡمَجُوسَ وَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُوٓاْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡصِلُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ شَهِيدٌ﴿١٧﴾
Inna allatheena amanoo waallatheena hadoo waalssabieena waalnnasara waalmajoosa waallatheena ashrakoo inna Allaha yafsilu baynahum yawma alqiyamati inna Allaha ʿala kulli shayin shaheedun
Indeed, those who have believed and those who were Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associated with Allāh - Allāh will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allāh is, over all things, Witness.
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَسۡجُدُۤ لَهُۥۤ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ مَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ وَ ٱلنُّجُومُ وَ ٱلۡجِبَالُ وَ ٱلشَّجَرُ وَ ٱلدَّوَآبُّ وَ كَثِيرࣱ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۖ وَ كَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ۗ وَ مَن يُهِنِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّكۡرِمٍ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۩﴿١٨﴾
Alam tara anna Allaha yasjudu lahu man fee alssamawati waman fee alardi waalshshamsu waalqamaru waalnnujoomu waaljibalu waalshshajaru waalddawabbu wakatheerun mina alnnasi wakatheerun haqqa ʿalayhi alʿathabu waman yuhini Allahu fama lahu min mukrimin inna Allaha yafʿalu ma yashao
Do you not see [i.e., know] that to Allāh 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 of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified. And he whom Allāh humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allāh does what He wills.
هَٰذَانِ خَصۡمَانِ ٱخۡتَصَمُواْ فِي رَبِّهِمۡ ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قُطِّعَتۡ لَهُمۡ ثِيَابࣱ مِّن نَّارࣲ يُصَبُّ مِن فَوۡقِ رُءُوسِهِمُ ٱلۡحَمِيمُ﴿١٩﴾
Hathani khasmani ikhtasamoo fee rabbihim faallatheena kafaroo quttiʿat lahum thiyabun min narin yusabbu min fawqi ruoosihimu alhameemu
These are two adversaries who have disputed over their Lord. But those who disbelieved will have cut out for them garments of fire. Poured upon their heads will be scalding water
يُصۡهَرُ بِهِۦ مَا فِي بُطُونِهِمۡ وَ ٱلۡجُلُودُ﴿٢٠﴾
Yusharu bihi ma fee butoonihim waaljuloodu
By which is melted that within their bellies and [their] skins.
وَ لَهُم مَّقَٰمِعُ مِنۡ حَدِيدࣲ﴿٢١﴾
Walahum maqamiʿu min hadeedin
And for [striking] them are maces of iron.
كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓاْ أَن يَخۡرُجُواْ مِنۡهَا مِنۡ غَمٍّ أُعِيدُواْ فِيهَا وَ ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ﴿٢٢﴾
Kullama aradoo an yakhrujoo minha min ghammin oʿeedoo feeha wathooqoo ʿathaba alhareeqi
Every time they want to get out of it [i.e., Hellfire] from anguish, they will be returned to it, and [it will be said], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire!"
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدۡخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتࣲ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ يُحَلَّوۡنَ فِيهَا مِنۡ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبࣲ وَ لُؤۡلُؤࣰا ۖ وَ لِبَاسُهُمۡ فِيهَا حَرِيرࣱ﴿٢٣﴾
Inna Allaha yudkhilu allatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu yuhallawna feeha min asawira min thahabin waluluan walibasuhum feeha hareerun
Indeed, Allāh will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearl, and their garments therein will be silk.
وَ هُدُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّيِّبِ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَ هُدُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ﴿٢٤﴾
Wahudoo ila alttayyibi mina alqawli wahudoo ila sirati alhameedi
And they had been guided [in worldly life] to good speech, and they were guided to the path of the Praiseworthy.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلۡنَٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ سَوَآءً ٱلۡعَٰكِفُ فِيهِ وَ ٱلۡبَادِ ۚ وَ مَن يُرِدۡ فِيهِ بِإِلۡحَادِۭ بِظُلۡمࣲ نُّذِقۡهُ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمࣲ﴿٢٥﴾
Inna allatheena kafaroo wayasuddoona ʿan sabeeli Allahi waalmasjidi alharami allathee jaʿalnahu lilnnasi sawaan alʿakifu feehi waalbadi waman yurid feehi biilhadin bithulmin nuthiqhu min ʿathabin aleemin
Indeed, those who have disbelieved and avert [people] from the way of Allāh and [from] al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, which We made for the people - equal are the resident therein and one from outside - and [also] whoever intends [a deed] therein of deviation [in religion] by wrongdoing - We will make him taste of a painful punishment.
وَ إِذۡ بَوَّأۡنَا لِإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ مَكَانَ ٱلۡبَيۡتِ أَن لَّا تُشۡرِكۡ بِي شَيۡـࣰٔا وَ طَهِّرۡ بَيۡتِيَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَ ٱلۡقَآئِمِينَ وَ ٱلرُّكَّعِ ٱلسُّجُودِ﴿٢٦﴾
Waith bawwana liibraheema makana albayti an la tushrik bee shayan watahhir baytiya lilttaifeena waalqaimeena waalrrukkaʿi alssujoodi
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We designated for Abraham the site of the House, [saying], "Do not associate anything with Me and purify My House for those who perform ṭawāf and those who stand [in prayer] and those who bow and prostrate.
وَ أَذِّن فِي ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡحَجِّ يَأۡتُوكَ رِجَالࣰا وَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ ضَامِرࣲ يَأۡتِينَ مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقࣲ﴿٢٧﴾
Waaththin fee alnnasi bialhajji yatooka rijalan waʿala kulli damirin yateena min kulli fajjin ʿameeqin
And proclaim to the people the ḥajj [pilgrimage]; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass -
لِّيَشۡهَدُواْ مَنَٰفِعَ لَهُمۡ وَ يَذۡكُرُواْ ٱسۡمَ ٱللَّهِ فِيٓ أَيَّامࣲ مَّعۡلُومَٰتٍ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ ۖ فَكُلُواْ مِنۡهَا وَ أَطۡعِمُواْ ٱلۡبَآئِسَ ٱلۡفَقِيرَ﴿٢٨﴾
Liyashhadoo manafiʿa lahum wayathkuroo isma Allahi fee ayyamin maʿloomatin ʿala ma razaqahum min baheemati alanʿami fakuloo minha waatʿimoo albaisa alfaqeera
That they may witness [i.e., attend] benefits for themselves and mention the name of Allāh on known [i.e., specific] days over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals. So eat of them and feed the miserable and poor.
ثُمَّ لۡيَقۡضُواْ تَفَثَهُمۡ وَ لۡيُوفُواْ نُذُورَهُمۡ وَ لۡيَطَّوَّفُواْ بِٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡعَتِيقِ﴿٢٩﴾
Thumma lyaqdoo tafathahum walyoofoo nuthoorahum walyattawwafoo bialbayti alʿateeqi
Then let them end their untidiness and fulfill their vows and perform ṭawāf around the ancient House."
ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَ مَن يُعَظِّمۡ حُرُمَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَهُوَ خَيۡرࣱ لَّهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ ۗ وَ أُحِلَّتۡ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمُ إِلَّا مَا يُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ ۖ فَٱجۡتَنِبُواْ ٱلرِّجۡسَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَوۡثَٰنِ وَ ٱجۡتَنِبُواْ قَوۡلَ ٱلزُّورِ﴿٣٠﴾
Thalika waman yuʿaththim hurumati Allahi fahuwa khayrun lahu ʿinda rabbihi waohillat lakumu alanʿamu illa ma yutla ʿalaykum faijtaniboo alrrijsa mina alawthani waijtaniboo qawla alzzoori
That [has been commanded], and whoever honors the sacred ordinances of Allāh - it is best for him in the sight of his Lord. And permitted to you are the grazing livestock, except what is recited to you. So avoid the uncleanliness of idols and avoid false statement,
حُنَفَآءَ لِلَّهِ غَيۡرَ مُشۡرِكِينَ بِهِۦ ۚ وَ مَن يُشۡرِكۡ بِٱللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتَخۡطَفُهُ ٱلطَّيۡرُ أَوۡ تَهۡوِي بِهِ ٱلرِّيحُ فِي مَكَانࣲ سَحِيقࣲ﴿٣١﴾
Hunafaa lillahi ghayra mushrikeena bihi waman yushrik biAllahi fakaannama kharra mina alssamai fatakhtafuhu alttayru aw tahwee bihi alrreehu fee makanin saheeqin
Inclining [only] to Allāh, not associating [anything] with Him. And he who associates with Allāh - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind carried him down into a remote place.
ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَ مَن يُعَظِّمۡ شَعَٰٓئِرَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقۡوَى ٱلۡقُلُوبِ﴿٣٢﴾
Thalika waman yuʿaththim shaʿaira Allahi fainnaha min taqwa alquloobi
That [is so]. And whoever honors the symbols [i.e., rites] of Allāh - indeed, it is from the piety of hearts.
لَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلࣲ مُّسَمࣰّى ثُمَّ مَحِلُّهَآ إِلَى ٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡعَتِيقِ﴿٣٣﴾
Lakum feeha manafiʿu ila ajalin musamman thumma mahilluha ila albayti alʿateeqi
For you therein [i.e., the animals marked for sacrifice] are benefits for a specified term; then their place of sacrifice is at the ancient House.
وَ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةࣲ جَعَلۡنَا مَنسَكࣰا لِّيَذۡكُرُواْ ٱسۡمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ ۗ فَإِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهࣱ وَٰحِدࣱ فَلَهُۥٓ أَسۡلِمُواْ ۗ وَ بَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُخۡبِتِينَ﴿٣٤﴾
Walikulli ommatin jaʿalna mansakan liyathkuroo isma Allahi ʿala ma razaqahum min baheemati alanʿami failahukum ilahun wahidun falahu aslimoo wabashshiri almukhbiteena
And for every [religious] community We have appointed a rite [of sacrifice] that they may mention the name of Allāh over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals. For your god is one God, so to Him submit. And, [O Muḥammad], give good tidings to the humble [before their Lord]
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡ وَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَهُمۡ وَ ٱلۡمُقِيمِي ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ﴿٣٥﴾
Allatheena itha thukira Allahu wajilat quloobuhum waalssabireena ʿala ma asabahum waalmuqeemee alssalati wamimma razaqnahum yunfiqoona
Who, when Allāh is mentioned, their hearts are fearful, and [to] the patient over what has afflicted them, and the establishers of prayer and those who spend from what We have provided them.
وَ ٱلۡبُدۡنَ جَعَلۡنَٰهَا لَكُم مِّن شَعَٰٓئِرِ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا خَيۡرࣱ ۖ فَٱذۡكُرُواْ ٱسۡمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهَا صَوَآفَّ ۖ فَإِذَا وَجَبَتۡ جُنُوبُهَا فَكُلُواْ مِنۡهَا وَ أَطۡعِمُواْ ٱلۡقَانِعَ وَ ٱلۡمُعۡتَرَّ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرۡنَٰهَا لَكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ﴿٣٦﴾
Waalbudna jaʿalnaha lakum min shaʿairi Allahi lakum feeha khayrun faothkuroo isma Allahi ʿalayha sawaffa faitha wajabat junoobuha fakuloo minha waatʿimoo alqaniʿa waalmuʿtarra kathalika sakhkharnaha lakum laʿallakum tashkuroona
And the camels and cattle We have appointed for you as among the symbols [i.e., rites] of Allāh; for you therein is good. So mention the name of Allāh upon them when lined up [for sacrifice]; and when they are [lifeless] on their sides, then eat from them and feed the needy [who does not seek aid] and the beggar. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may be grateful.
لَن يَنَالَ ٱللَّهَ لُحُومُهَا وَ لَا دِمَآؤُهَا وَ لَٰكِن يَنَالُهُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ مِنكُمۡ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمۡ لِتُكَبِّرُواْ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمۡ ۗ وَ بَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ﴿٣٧﴾
Lan yanala Allaha luhoomuha wala dimaoha walakin yanaluhu alttaqwa minkum kathalika sakhkharaha lakum litukabbiroo Allaha ʿala ma hadakum wabashshiri almuhsineena
Their meat will not reach Allāh, nor will their blood, but what reaches Him is piety from you. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may glorify Allāh for that [to] which He has guided you; and give good tidings to the doers of good.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدَٰفِعُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ خَوَّانࣲ كَفُورٍ﴿٣٨﴾
Inna Allaha yudafiʿu ʿani allatheena amanoo inna Allaha la yuhibbu kulla khawwanin kafoorin
Indeed, Allāh defends those who have believed. Indeed, Allāh does not like everyone treacherous and ungrateful.
أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَٰتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ ظُلِمُواْ ۚ وَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ نَصۡرِهِمۡ لَقَدِيرٌ﴿٣٩﴾
Othina lillatheena yuqataloona biannahum thulimoo wainna Allaha ʿala nasrihim laqadeerun
Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allāh is competent to give them victory.
ٱلَّذِينَ أُخۡرِجُواْ مِن دِيَٰرِهِم بِغَيۡرِ حَقٍّ إِلَّآ أَن يَقُولُواْ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَ لَوۡلَا دَفۡعُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعۡضَهُم بِبَعۡضࣲ لَّهُدِّمَتۡ صَوَٰمِعُ وَ بِيَعࣱ وَ صَلَوَٰتࣱ وَ مَسَٰجِدُ يُذۡكَرُ فِيهَا ٱسۡمُ ٱللَّهِ كَثِيرࣰا ۗ وَ لَيَنصُرَنَّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ﴿٤٠﴾
Allatheena okhrijoo min diyarihim bighayri haqqin illa an yaqooloo rabbuna Allahu walawla dafʿu Allahi alnnasa baʿdahum bibaʿdin lahuddimat sawamiʿu wabiyaʿun wasalawatun wamasajidu yuthkaru feeha ismu Allahi katheeran walayansuranna Allahu man yansuruhu inna Allaha laqawiyyun ʿazeezun
[They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, "Our Lord is Allāh." And were it not that Allāh checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allāh is much mentioned [i.e., praised]. And Allāh will surely support those who support Him [i.e., His cause]. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
ٱلَّذِينَ إِن مَّكَّنَّٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَ ءَاتَوُاْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَ أَمَرُواْ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَ نَهَوۡاْ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ ۗ وَ لِلَّهِ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡأُمُورِ﴿٤١﴾
Allatheena in makkannahum fee alardi aqamoo alssalata waatawoo alzzakata waamaroo bialmaʿroofi wanahaw ʿani almunkari walillahi ʿaqibatu alomoori
[And they are] those who, if We give them authority in the land, establish prayer and give zakāh and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. And to Allāh belongs the outcome of [all] matters.
وَ إِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدۡ كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحࣲ وَ عَادࣱ وَ ثَمُودُ﴿٤٢﴾
Wain yukaththibooka faqad kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin waʿadun wathamoodu
And if they deny you, [O Muḥammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd deny [their prophets],
وَ قَوۡمُ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَ قَوۡمُ لُوطࣲ﴿٤٣﴾
Waqawmu ibraheema waqawmu lootin
And the people of Abraham and the people of Lot
وَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مَدۡيَنَ ۖ وَ كُذِّبَ مُوسَىٰ ۖ فَأَمۡلَيۡتُ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ثُمَّ أَخَذۡتُهُمۡ ۖ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ﴿٤٤﴾
Waashabu madyana wakuththiba moosa faamlaytu lilkafireena thumma akhathtuhum fakayfa kana nakeeri
And the inhabitants of Madyan. And Moses was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَا وَ هِيَ ظَالِمَةࣱ فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَ بِئۡرࣲ مُّعَطَّلَةࣲ وَ قَصۡرࣲ مَّشِيدٍ﴿٤٥﴾
Fakaayyin min qaryatin ahlaknaha wahiya thalimatun fahiya khawiyatun ʿala ʿurooshiha wabirin muʿattalatin waqasrin masheedin
And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.
أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمۡ قُلُوبࣱ يَعۡقِلُونَ بِهَآ أَوۡ ءَاذَانࣱ يَسۡمَعُونَ بِهَا ۖ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعۡمَى ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ وَ لَٰكِن تَعۡمَى ٱلۡقُلُوبُ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلصُّدُورِ﴿٤٦﴾
Afalam yaseeroo fee alardi fatakoona lahum quloobun yaʿqiloona biha aw athanun yasmaʿoona biha fainnaha la taʿma alabsaru walakin taʿma alquloobu allatee fee alssudoori
So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.
وَ يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَكَ بِٱلۡعَذَابِ وَ لَن يُخۡلِفَ ٱللَّهُ وَعۡدَهُۥ ۚ وَ إِنَّ يَوۡمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلۡفِ سَنَةࣲ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ﴿٤٧﴾
Wayastaʿjiloonaka bialʿathabi walan yukhlifa Allahu waʿdahu wainna yawman ʿinda rabbika kaalfi sanatin mimma taʿuddoona
And they urge you to hasten the punishment. But Allāh will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.
وَ كَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَمۡلَيۡتُ لَهَا وَ هِيَ ظَالِمَةࣱ ثُمَّ أَخَذۡتُهَا وَ إِلَيَّ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ﴿٤٨﴾
Wakaayyin min qaryatin amlaytu laha wahiya thalimatun thumma akhathtuha wailayya almaseeru
And for how many a city did I prolong enjoyment while it was committing wrong. Then I seized it, and to Me is the [final] destination.
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ لَكُمۡ نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينࣱ﴿٤٩﴾
Qul ya ayyuha alnnasu innama ana lakum natheerun mubeenun
Say, "O people, I am only to you a clear warner."
فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةࣱ وَ رِزۡقࣱ كَرِيمࣱ﴿٥٠﴾
Faallatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati lahum maghfiratun warizqun kareemun
And those who have believed and done righteous deeds - for them is forgiveness and noble provision.
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوۡاْ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ﴿٥١﴾
Waallatheena saʿaw fee ayatina muʿajizeena olaika ashabu aljaheemi
But the ones who strove against Our verses, [seeking] to cause failure - those are the companions of Hellfire.
وَ مَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رَّسُولࣲ وَ لَا نَبِيٍّ إِلَّآ إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰٓ أَلۡقَى ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فِيٓ أُمۡنِيَّتِهِۦ فَيَنسَخُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يُلۡقِي ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ ثُمَّ يُحۡكِمُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمࣱ﴿٥٢﴾
Wama arsalna min qablika min rasoolin wala nabiyyin illa itha tamanna alqa alshshaytanu fee omniyyatihi fayansakhu Allahu ma yulqee alshshaytanu thumma yuhkimu Allahu ayatihi waAllahu ʿaleemun hakeemun
And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allāh abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allāh makes precise His verses. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
لِّيَجۡعَلَ مَا يُلۡقِي ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فِتۡنَةࣰ لِّلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضࣱ وَ ٱلۡقَاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمۡ ۗ وَ إِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَفِي شِقَاقِۭ بَعِيدࣲ﴿٥٣﴾
Liyajʿala ma yulqee alshshaytanu fitnatan lillatheena fee quloobihim maradun waalqasiyati quloobuhum wainna alththalimeena lafee shiqaqin baʿeedin
[That is] so He may make what Satan throws in [i.e., asserts] a trial for those within whose hearts is disease and those hard of heart. And indeed, the wrongdoers are in extreme dissension.
وَ لِيَعۡلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَيُؤۡمِنُواْ بِهِۦ فَتُخۡبِتَ لَهُۥ قُلُوبُهُمۡ ۗ وَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ﴿٥٤﴾
Waliyaʿlama allatheena ootoo alʿilma annahu alhaqqu min rabbika fayuminoo bihi fatukhbita lahu quloobuhum wainna Allaha lahadi allatheena amanoo ila siratin mustaqeemin
And so those who were given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord and [therefore] believe in it, and their hearts humbly submit to it. And indeed is Allāh the Guide of those who have believed to a straight path.
وَ لَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي مِرۡيَةࣲ مِّنۡهُ حَتَّىٰ تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغۡتَةً أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَقِيمٍ﴿٥٥﴾
Wala yazalu allatheena kafaroo fee miryatin minhu hatta tatiyahumu alssaʿatu baghtatan aw yatiyahum ʿathabu yawmin ʿaqeemin
But those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt of it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly or there comes to them the punishment of a barren Day.
ٱلۡمُلۡكُ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لِّلَّهِ يَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ﴿٥٦﴾
Almulku yawmaithin lillahi yahkumu baynahum faallatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati fee jannati alnnaʿeemi
[All] sovereignty that Day is for Allāh; He will judge between them. So they who believed and did righteous deeds will be in the Gardens of Pleasure.
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابࣱ مُّهِينࣱ﴿٥٧﴾
Waallatheena kafaroo wakaththaboo biayatina faolaika lahum ʿathabun muheenun
And they who disbelieved and denied Our signs - for those there will be a humiliating punishment.
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ قُتِلُوٓاْ أَوۡ مَاتُواْ لَيَرۡزُقَنَّهُمُ ٱللَّهُ رِزۡقًا حَسَنࣰا ۚ وَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُوَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ﴿٥٨﴾
Waallatheena hajaroo fee sabeeli Allahi thumma qutiloo aw matoo layarzuqannahumu Allahu rizqan hasanan wainna Allaha lahuwa khayru alrraziqeena
And those who emigrated for the cause of Allāh and then were killed or died - Allāh will surely provide for them a good provision. And indeed, it is Allāh who is the best of providers.
لَيُدۡخِلَنَّهُم مُّدۡخَلࣰا يَرۡضَوۡنَهُۥ ۚ وَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلِيمٌ حَلِيمࣱ﴿٥٩﴾
Layudkhilannahum mudkhalan yardawnahu wainna Allaha laʿaleemun haleemun
He will surely cause them to enter an entrance with which they will be pleased, and indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Forbearing.
ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَ مَنۡ عَاقَبَ بِمِثۡلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِهِۦ ثُمَّ بُغِيَ عَلَيۡهِ لَيَنصُرَنَّهُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورࣱ﴿٦٠﴾
Thalika waman ʿaqaba bimithli ma ʿooqiba bihi thumma bughiya ʿalayhi layansurannahu Allahu inna Allaha laʿafuwwun ghafoorun
That [is so]. And whoever responds [to injustice] with the equivalent of that with which he was harmed and then is tyrannized - Allāh will surely aid him. Indeed, Allāh is Pardoning and Forgiving.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَ يُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِ وَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعُۢ بَصِيرࣱ﴿٦١﴾
Thalika bianna Allaha yooliju allayla fee alnnahari wayooliju alnnahara fee allayli waanna Allaha sameeʿun baseerun
That is because Allāh causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and because Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَ أَنَّ مَا يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ هُوَ ٱلۡبَٰطِلُ وَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ﴿٦٢﴾
Thalika bianna Allaha huwa alhaqqu waanna ma yadʿoona min doonihi huwa albatilu waanna Allaha huwa alʿaliyyu alkabeeru
That is because Allāh is the True Reality, and that which they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allāh is the Most High, the Grand.
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءࣰ فَتُصۡبِحُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُخۡضَرَّةً ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرࣱ﴿٦٣﴾
Alam tara anna Allaha anzala mina alssamai maan fatusbihu alardu mukhdarratan inna Allaha lateefun khabeerun
Do you not see that Allāh has sent down rain from the sky and the earth becomes green? Indeed, Allāh is Subtle and Aware.
لَّهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ مَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۚ وَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ ٱلۡحَمِيدُ﴿٦٤﴾
Lahu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi wainna Allaha lahuwa alghaniyyu alhameedu
To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. And indeed, Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ تَجۡرِي فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ وَ يُمۡسِكُ ٱلسَّمَآءَ أَن تَقَعَ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿٦٥﴾
Alam tara anna Allaha sakhkhara lakum ma fee alardi waalfulka tajree fee albahri biamrihi wayumsiku alssamaa an taqaʿa ʿala alardi illa biithnihi inna Allaha bialnnasi laraoofun raheemun
Do you not see that Allāh has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed Allāh, to the people, is Kind and Merciful.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحۡيَاكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُحۡيِيكُمۡ ۗ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورࣱ﴿٦٦﴾
Wahuwa allathee ahyakum thumma yumeetukum thumma yuhyeekum inna alinsana lakafoorun
And He is the one who gave you life; then He causes you to die and then will [again] give you life. Indeed, mankind is ungrateful.
لِّكُلِّ أُمَّةࣲ جَعَلۡنَا مَنسَكًا هُمۡ نَاسِكُوهُ ۖ فَلَا يُنَٰزِعُنَّكَ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡرِ ۚ وَ ٱدۡعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ هُدࣰى مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ﴿٦٧﴾
Likulli ommatin jaʿalna mansakan hum nasikoohu fala yunaziʿunnaka fee alamri waodʿu ila rabbika innaka laʿala hudan mustaqeemin
For every [religious] community We have appointed rites which they perform. So, [O Muḥammad], let them [i.e., the disbelievers] not contend with you over the matter but invite [them] to your Lord. Indeed, you are upon straight guidance.
وَ إِن جَٰدَلُوكَ فَقُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٦٨﴾
Wain jadalooka faquli Allahu aʿlamu bima taʿmaloona
And if they dispute with you, then say, "Allāh is most knowing of what you do.
ٱللَّهُ يَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كُنتُمۡ فِيهِ تَخۡتَلِفُونَ﴿٦٩﴾
Allahu yahkumu baynakum yawma alqiyamati feema kuntum feehi takhtalifoona
Allāh will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which you used to differ."
أَلَمۡ تَعۡلَمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ فِي كِتَٰبٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرࣱ﴿٧٠﴾
Alam taʿlam anna Allaha yaʿlamu ma fee alssamai waalardi inna thalika fee kitabin inna thalika ʿala Allahi yaseerun
Do you not know that Allāh knows what is in the heaven and earth? Indeed, that is in a Record. Indeed that, for Allāh, is easy.
وَ يَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَمۡ يُنَزِّلۡ بِهِۦ سُلۡطَٰنࣰا وَ مَا لَيۡسَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عِلۡمࣱ ۗ وَ مَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرࣲ﴿٧١﴾
Wayaʿbudoona min dooni Allahi ma lam yunazzil bihi sultanan wama laysa lahum bihi ʿilmun wama lilththalimeena min naseerin
And they worship besides Allāh that for which He has not sent down authority and that of which they have no knowledge. And there will not be for the wrongdoers any helper.
وَ إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتࣲ تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلۡمُنكَرَ ۖ يَكَادُونَ يَسۡطُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ يَتۡلُونَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا ۗ قُلۡ أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرࣲّ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمُ ۚ ٱلنَّارُ وَعَدَهَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ۖ وَ بِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ﴿٧٢﴾
Waitha tutla ʿalayhim ayatuna bayyinatin taʿrifu fee wujoohi allatheena kafaroo almunkara yakadoona yastoona biallatheena yatloona ʿalayhim ayatina qul afaonabbiokum bisharrin min thalikum alnnaru waʿadaha Allahu allatheena kafaroo wabisa almaseeru
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, "Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that? [It is] the Fire which Allāh has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination."
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلࣱ فَٱسۡتَمِعُواْ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخۡلُقُواْ ذُبَابࣰا وَ لَوِ ٱجۡتَمَعُواْ لَهُۥ ۖ وَ إِن يَسۡلُبۡهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيۡـࣰٔا لَّا يَسۡتَنقِذُوهُ مِنۡهُ ۚ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَ ٱلۡمَطۡلُوبُ﴿٧٣﴾
Ya ayyuha alnnasu duriba mathalun faistamiʿoo lahu inna allatheena tadʿoona min dooni Allahi lan yakhluqoo thubaban walawi ijtamaʿoo lahu wain yaslubuhumu alththubabu shayan la yastanqithoohu minhu daʿufa alttalibu waalmatloobu
O people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke besides Allāh will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for it [i.e., that purpose]. And if the fly should steal from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued.
مَا قَدَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدۡرِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ﴿٧٤﴾
Ma qadaroo Allaha haqqa qadrihi inna Allaha laqawiyyun ʿazeezun
They have not appraised Allāh with true appraisal. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
ٱللَّهُ يَصۡطَفِي مِنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلࣰا وَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعُۢ بَصِيرࣱ﴿٧٥﴾
Allahu yastafee mina almalaikati rusulan wamina alnnasi inna Allaha sameeʿun baseerun
Allāh chooses from the angels messengers and from the people. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.
يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَ مَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ ۚ وَ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرۡجَعُ ٱلۡأُمُورُ﴿٧٦﴾
Yaʿlamu ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahum waila Allahi turjaʿu alomooru
He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them. And to Allāh will be returned [all] matters.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱرۡكَعُواْ وَ ٱسۡجُدُواْۤ وَ ٱعۡبُدُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ وَ ٱفۡعَلُواْ ٱلۡخَيۡرَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ ۩﴿٧٧﴾
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo irkaʿoo waosjudoo waoʿbudoo rabbakum waifʿaloo alkhayra laʿallakum tuflihoona
O you who have believed, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord and do good - that you may succeed.
وَ جَٰهِدُواْ فِي ٱللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِۦ ۚ هُوَ ٱجۡتَبَىٰكُمۡ وَ مَا جَعَلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فِي ٱلدِّينِ مِنۡ حَرَجࣲ ۚ مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمۡ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ۚ هُوَ سَمَّىٰكُمُ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَ فِي هَٰذَا لِيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَ تَكُونُواْ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ فَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَ ءَاتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَ ٱعۡتَصِمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ هُوَ مَوۡلَىٰكُمۡ ۖ فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَوۡلَىٰ وَ نِعۡمَ ٱلنَّصِيرُ﴿٧٨﴾
Wajahidoo fee Allahi haqqa jihadihi huwa ijtabakum wama jaʿala ʿalaykum fee alddeeni min harajin millata abeekum ibraheema huwa sammakumu almuslimeena min qablu wafee hatha liyakoona alrrasoolu shaheedan ʿalaykum watakoonoo shuhadaa ʿala alnnasi faaqeemoo alssalata waatoo alzzakata waiʿtasimoo biAllahi huwa mawlakum faniʿma almawla waniʿma alnnaseeru
And strive for Allāh with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father, Abraham. He [i.e., Allāh] named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures] and in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zakāh and hold fast to Allāh. He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper.
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
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This Surah takes its name from v. 27.
Period of Revelation
As this Surah contains the characteristics of both the Makki and the Madani Surahs, the commentators have differed as to its period of revelation, but in the light of its style and themes we are of the opinion that a part of it (vv. 1-24) was sent down in the last stage of the Makki life of the Holy Prophet a little before migration and the rest (vv. 25-78) during the first stage of his Madani life. That is why this Surah combines the characteristics of both the Makki and the Madani Surahs.
The sudden change of the style from v. 25 shows that probably vv. 25-78 were sent down in the month of Zul-Hijjah in the very first year after Hijrah. This is indicated by vv. 25-41 and confirmed by the occasion of the revelation of vv. 39-40. It appears that the month of Zul-Hijjah must have brought to the immigrants nostalgic memories of their homes in Makkah and naturally they must have thought of their Sacred City and of their Hajj congregation there, and grieved to think that the mushrik Quraish had debarred them from visiting the Sacred Mosque.
Therefore, they might even have been praying for and expecting Divine permission to wage war against those tyrants who had expelled them from their homes, and deprived them of visiting the House of Allah, and made it difficult for them to follow the way of Islam. It was at this juncture that these verses were revealed and the purpose for which Masjid-al- Haram was built.
It has been made plain that Hajj(pilgrimage) had been enjoined for the worship of One Allah, but ironically it had been dedicated to the rituals of shirk and the worshipers of One Allah debarred from it.
Therefore, permission for waging war against those tyrants has been given to oust them from Makkah and to establish the righteous way of life and eradicating evil. According to Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Urwah bin Zubair, Zaid bin Aslam, Muqatil bin Hayyan, Qatadah and other great commentators, v. 39 is the first verse that grants the Muslims permission to wage war. Collections of Hadith and books on the life of the Holy Prophet confirm that after this permission actual preparations for war were started and the first expedition was sent to the coast of the Red Sea in Safar A.H. 2, which is known as the Expedition of Waddan or Al- Abwa.
Subject Matter and Theme
This Surah is addressed to: (1) The mushriks of Makkah, (2) the wavering Muslims, and (3) the True Believers. The mushriks have been warned in a forceful manner to this effect: "You have obdurately and impudently persisted in your ideas of ignorance and trusted in your deities instead of Allah, though they possess no power at all and you have repudiated the Divine Messenger. Now you will meet the same end as has been the doom of those like you before. You have only harmed yourselves by rejecting Our Prophet and by persecuting the best element of your own community; now your false deities shall not be able to save you from the wrath of God". At the same time, they have been admonished time and again for their creed of shirk and sound arguments have been given in favor of Tauhid and the Hereafter.
The wavering Muslims, who had embraced Islam but were not yet prepared to endure any hardship in its way, have been admonished to this effect: "What is this faith of yours? On the one hand, you are ready to believe in Allah and become His servants provided you are given peace and prosperity but, on the other, if you meet with afflictions and hardships in His Way, you discard your Allah and cease to remain His servant. You should bear in mind that this wavering attitude of yours cannot avert those misfortunes and losses which Allah has ordained for you."
As regards the true Believers, they have been addressed in two ways: (1) in a general way so as to include the common people of Arabia also, and (2) in an exclusive way:
- The Believers have been told that the mushriks of Makkah had no right to debar them from visiting the Holy Mosque. They had no right to prevent anyone from performing Hajj because the Holy Mosque was not their private property. This objection was not only justified but it also acted as an effective political weapon against the Quraish. For it posed this question to the other clans of Arabia: Were the Quraish mere attendants of the Holy Mosque or its owners? It implied that if they succeeded in debarring the Muslims from Hajj without any protest from others, they would feel encouraged in future to debar from Hajj and Umrah the people of any other clan, who happened to have strained relations with the Quraish. In order to emphasize this point, the history of the construction of the Holy Mosque has been cited to show that it was built by Prophet Abraham by the Command of Allah and he had invited all the peoples to perform Hajj there. That is why those coming from outside had enjoyed equal rights by the local people from the very beginning. It has also been made clear that that House had not been built for the rituals of shirk but for the worship of One Allah. Thus it was sheer tyranny that the worship of Allah was being forbidden there while the worship of idols enjoyed full license.
- In order to counteract the tyranny of the Quraish, the Muslims were allowed to fight with them. They were also given instructions to adopt the right and just attitude as and when they acquired power to rule in the land. Moreover, the Believers have been officially given the name of "Muslims", saying, "You are the real heirs to Abraham and you have been chosen to become witnesses of the Truth before mankind. Therefore you should establish salat and pay the zakat dues in order to become the best models of righteous life and perform Jihad for propagating the Word of Allah." (vv. 41, 77, 78.)
It will be worth while to keep in view the introductions to Chapters II (Al-Baqarah) and VIII (Al Anfal).
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran