Surah Al-Ĥaj (The Pilgrimage) in English

1. ذلك بأن الله هو الحق وأنه يحيي الموتى وأنه على كل شيء قدير

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   All that is because Allah is the Reality and it is He who revives the dead, and He has power over all things,

   dhālika bi-ʾanna llāha huwa l-ḥaqqu wa-ʾannahū yuḥyi l-mawtā wa-ʾannahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

2. وأن الساعة آتية لا ريب فيها وأن الله يبعث من في القبور

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   and because the Hour is bound to come, there is no doubt in it, and Allah will resurrect those who are in the graves.

   wa-ʾanna s-sāʿata ʾātiyatun lā rayba fīhā wa-ʾanna llāha yabʿathu man fī l-qubūri

3. ومن الناس من يجادل في الله بغير علم ولا هدى ولا كتاب منير

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   Among the people are those who dispute concerning Allah without any knowledge or guidance, or an enlightening Book,

   wa-mina n-nāsi man yujādilu fī llāhi bi-ghayri ʿilmin wa-lā hudan wa-lā kitābin munīrin

4. ثاني عطفه ليضل عن سبيل الله له في الدنيا خزي ونذيقه يوم القيامة عذاب الحريق

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   turning aside disdainfully to lead [others] astray from the way of Allah. For such there is disgrace in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection We will make him taste the punishment of the burning:

   thāniya ʿiṭfihī li-yuḍilla ʿan sabīli llāhi lahū fī d-dunyā khizyun wa-nudhīquhū yawma l-qiyāmati ʿadhāba l-ḥarīqi

5. ذلك بما قدمت يداك وأن الله ليس بظلام للعبيد

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   ‘That is because of what your hands have sent ahead, and because Allah is not tyrannical to the servants.’

   dhālika bi-mā qaddamat yadāka wa-ʾanna llāha laysa bi-ẓallāmin li-l-ʿabīdi

6. ومن الناس من يعبد الله على حرف فإن أصابه خير اطمأن به وإن أصابته فتنة انقلب على وجهه خسر الدنيا والآخرة ذلك هو الخسران المبين

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   And among the people are those who worship Allah on the [very] fringe: if good fortune befalls him, he is content with it; but if an ordeal visits him he makes a turnabout, to become a loser in the world and the Hereafter. That is manifest loss.

   wa-mina n-nāsi man yaʿbudu llāha ʿalā ḥarfin fa-ʾin ʾaṣābahū khayrun ʾiṭmaʾanna bihī wa-ʾin ʾaṣābathu fitnatun-i nqalaba ʿalā wajhihī khasira d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirata dhālika huwa l-khusrānu l-mubīnu

7. يدعو من دون الله ما لا يضره وما لا ينفعه ذلك هو الضلال البعيد

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   He invokes besides Allah that which can bring him neither benefit nor harm. That is extreme error.

   yadʿū min dūni llāhi mā lā yaḍurruhū wa-mā lā yanfaʿuhū dhālika huwa ḍ-ḍalālu l-baʿīdu

8. يدعو لمن ضره أقرب من نفعه لبئس المولى ولبئس العشير

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   He invokes someone whose harm is surely likelier than his benefit. An evil ally indeed, and an evil companion!

   yadʿū la-man ḍarruhū ʾaqrabu min nafʿihī la-biʾsa l-mawlā wa-la-biʾsa l-ʿashīru

9. إن الله يدخل الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار إن الله يفعل ما يريد

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   Allah will indeed admit those who have faith and do righteous deeds into gardens with streams running in them. Indeed Allah does whatever He desires.

   ʾinna llāha yudkhilu lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru ʾinna llāha yafʿalu mā yurīdu

10. من كان يظن أن لن ينصره الله في الدنيا والآخرة فليمدد بسبب إلى السماء ثم ليقطع فلينظر هل يذهبن كيده ما يغيظ

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    Whoever thinks that Allah will not help him in this world and the Hereafter, let him stretch a rope to the ceiling and hang himself, and see if his artifice would remove his rage.

    man kāna yaẓunnu ʾan lan yanṣurahu llāhu fī d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirati fa-l-yamdud bi-sababin ʾilā s-samāʾi thumma l-yaqṭaʿ fa-l-yanẓur hal yudhhibanna kayduhū mā yaghīẓu