Surah Al-Ĥaj (The Pilgrimage) in English

1. حنفاء لله غير مشركين به ومن يشرك بالله فكأنما خر من السماء فتخطفه الطير أو تهوي به الريح في مكان سحيق

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   as persons having pure faith in Allah, not ascribing partners to Him. Whoever ascribes partners to Allah is as though he had fallen from a height, then [his corpse] is devoured by vultures, or [his remains are] blown away by the wind far and wide.

   ḥunafāʾa li-llāhi ghayra mushrikīna bihī wa-man yushrik bi-llāhi fa-ka-ʾannamā kharra mina s-samāʾi fa-takhṭafuhu ṭ-ṭayru ʾaw tahwī bihi r-rīḥu fī makānin saḥīqin

2. ذلك ومن يعظم شعائر الله فإنها من تقوى القلوب

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   That. And whoever venerates the sacraments of Allah—indeed that arises from the Godwariness of hearts.

   dhālika wa-man yuʿaẓẓim shaʿāʾira llāhi fa-ʾinnahā min taqwā l-qulūbi

3. لكم فيها منافع إلى أجل مسمى ثم محلها إلى البيت العتيق

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   You may benefit from them until a specified time. Then their place of sacrifice is by the Ancient House.

   lakum fīhā manāfiʿu ʾilā ʾajalin musamman thumma maḥilluhā ʾilā l-bayti l-ʿatīqi

4. ولكل أمة جعلنا منسكا ليذكروا اسم الله على ما رزقهم من بهيمة الأنعام فإلهكم إله واحد فله أسلموا وبشر المخبتين

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   For every nation We have appointed a rite so that they might mention Allah’s Name over the livestock He has provided them. Your God is the One God, so submit to Him. And give good news to the humble

   wa-li-kulli ʾummatin jaʿalnā mansakan li-yadhkurū sma llāhi ʿalā mā razaqahum min bahīmati l-ʾanʿāmi fa-ʾilāhukum ʾilāhun wāḥidun fa-lahū ʾaslimū wa-bashshiri l-mukhbitīna

5. الذين إذا ذكر الله وجلت قلوبهم والصابرين على ما أصابهم والمقيمي الصلاة ومما رزقناهم ينفقون

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   —those whose hearts tremble with awe when Allah is mentioned, and who are patient through whatever visits them, and who maintain the prayer and spend out of what We have provided them.

   alladhīna ʾidhā dhukira llāhu wajilat qulūbuhum wa-ṣ-ṣābirīna ʿalā mā ʾaṣābahum wa-l-muqīmī ṣ-ṣalāti wa-mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna

6. والبدن جعلناها لكم من شعائر الله لكم فيها خير فاذكروا اسم الله عليها صواف فإذا وجبت جنوبها فكلوا منها وأطعموا القانع والمعتر كذلك سخرناها لكم لعلكم تشكرون

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   We have appointed for you the [sacrificial] camels as part of Allah’s sacraments. There is good for you in them. So mention the Name of Allah over them as they stand. And when they have fallen on their flanks, eat from them, and feed the self-contained needy and the mendicant. Thus have We disposed them for your benefit so that you may give thanks.

   wa-l-budna jaʿalnāhā lakum min shaʿāʾiri llāhi lakum fīhā khayrun fa-dhkurū sma llāhi ʿalayhā ṣawāffa fa-ʾidhā wajabat junūbuhā fa-kulū minhā wa-ʾaṭʿimū l-qāniʿa wa-l-muʿtarra ka-dhālika sakhkharnāhā lakum laʿallakum tashkurūna

7. لن ينال الله لحومها ولا دماؤها ولكن يناله التقوى منكم كذلك سخرها لكم لتكبروا الله على ما هداكم وبشر المحسنين

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   It is not their flesh or blood that reaches Allah; rather, it is your piety that reaches Him. Thus has He disposed them for your benefit so that you may magnify Allah for His guiding you. And give good news to the virtuous.

   lan yanāla llāha luḥūmuhā wa-lā dimāʾuhā wa-lākin yanāluhu t-taqwā minkum ka-dhālika sakhkharahā lakum li-tukabbirū llāha ʿalā mā hadākum wa-bashshiri l-muḥsinīna

8. إن الله يدافع عن الذين آمنوا إن الله لا يحب كل خوان كفور

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   Allah will indeed defend those who have faith. Indeed Allah does not like any ingrate traitor.

   ʾinna llāha yudāfiʿu ʿani lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾinna llāha lā yuḥibbu kulla khawwānin kafūrin