Surah Al-Ĥaj (The Pilgrimage) in English

1. وهدوا إلى الطيب من القول وهدوا إلى صراط الحميد

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   They were guided to chaste belief, and guided to the path of the All-laudable.

   wa-hudū ʾilā ṭ-ṭayyibi mina l-qawli wa-hudū ʾilā ṣirāṭi l-ḥamīdi

2. إن الذين كفروا ويصدون عن سبيل الله والمسجد الحرام الذي جعلناه للناس سواء العاكف فيه والباد ومن يرد فيه بإلحاد بظلم نذقه من عذاب أليم

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   Indeed those who are faithless and bar from the way of Allah and the Sacred Mosque, which We have made for all people, the native and the visitor being equal therein—whoever wrongfully tries to commit violation in it, We shall make him taste a painful punishment.

   ʾinna lladhīna kafarū wa-yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīli llāhi wa-l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi lladhī jaʿalnāhu li-n-nāsi sawāʾan-i l-ʿākifu fīhi wa-l-bādi wa-man yurid fīhi bi-ʾilḥādin bi-ẓulmin nudhiqhu min ʿadhābin ʾalīmin

3. وإذ بوأنا لإبراهيم مكان البيت أن لا تشرك بي شيئا وطهر بيتي للطائفين والقائمين والركع السجود

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   When We settled for Abraham the site of the House [saying], Do not ascribe any partners to Me, and purify My House for those who circle around it, and those who stand [in it for prayer], and those who bow and prostrate themselves.

   wa-ʾidh bawwaʾnā li-ʾibrāhīma makāna l-bayti ʾan lā tushrik bī shayʾan wa-ṭahhir baytiya li-ṭ-ṭāʾifīna wa-l-qāʾimīna wa-r-rukkaʿi s-sujūdi

4. وأذن في الناس بالحج يأتوك رجالا وعلى كل ضامر يأتين من كل فج عميق

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   And proclaim the Hajj to all the people: they will come to you on foot and on lean camels, coming from distant places,

   wa-ʾadhdhin fī n-nāsi bi-l-ḥajji yaʾtūka rijālan wa-ʿalā kulli ḍāmirin yaʾtīna min kulli fajjin ʿamīqin

5. ليشهدوا منافع لهم ويذكروا اسم الله في أيام معلومات على ما رزقهم من بهيمة الأنعام فكلوا منها وأطعموا البائس الفقير

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   that they may witness the benefits for them, and mention Allah’s Name during the known days over the livestock He has provided them. So eat thereof and feed the destitute and the needy.

   li-yashhadū manāfiʿa lahum wa-yadhkurū sma llāhi fī ʾayyāmin maʿlūmātin ʿalā mā razaqahum min bahīmati l-ʾanʿāmi fa-kulū minhā wa-ʾaṭʿimū l-bāʾisa l-faqīra

6. ثم ليقضوا تفثهم وليوفوا نذورهم وليطوفوا بالبيت العتيق

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   Then let them do away with their untidiness, fulfill their vows, and circle around the Ancient House.

   thumma l-yaqḍū tafathahum wa-l-yūfū nudhūrahum wa-l-yaṭṭawwafū bi-l-bayti l-ʿatīqi

7. ذلك ومن يعظم حرمات الله فهو خير له عند ربه وأحلت لكم الأنعام إلا ما يتلى عليكم فاجتنبوا الرجس من الأوثان واجتنبوا قول الزور

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   That, and whoever venerates the sacraments of Allah, that is better for him with his Lord. You are permitted [animals of] grazing livestock except for what will be recited to you. So avoid the abomination of idols, and avoid false speech,

   dhālika wa-man yuʿaẓẓim ḥurumāti llāhi fa-huwa khayrun lahū ʿinda rabbihī wa-ʾuḥillat lakumu l-ʾanʿāmu ʾillā mā yutlā ʿalaykum fa-jtanibū r-rijsa mina l-ʾawthāni wa-jtanibū qawla z-zūri