Surah Al-Ĥaj (The Pilgrimage) in English

1. يا أيها الناس ضرب مثل فاستمعوا له إن الذين تدعون من دون الله لن يخلقوا ذبابا ولو اجتمعوا له وإن يسلبهم الذباب شيئا لا يستنقذوه منه ضعف الطالب والمطلوب

   73

   O people! Listen to a parable that is being drawn: Indeed those whom you invoke besides Allah will never create [even] a fly even if they all rallied to do so! And if a fly should take away something from them, they can not recover that from it. Feeble is the seeker and the sought!

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nāsu ḍuriba mathalun fa-stamiʿū lahū ʾinna lladhīna tadʿūna min dūni llāhi lan yakhluqū dhubāban wa-lawi jtamaʿū lahū wa-ʾin yaslubhumu dh-dhubābu shayʾan lā yastanqidhūhu minhu ḍaʿufa ṭ-ṭālibu wa-l-maṭlūbu

2. ما قدروا الله حق قدره إن الله لقوي عزيز

   74

   They do not regard Allah with the regard due to Him. Indeed Allah is all-strong, all-mighty.

   mā qadarū llāha ḥaqqa qadrihī ʾinna llāha la-qawiyyun ʿazīzun-i

3. الله يصطفي من الملائكة رسلا ومن الناس إن الله سميع بصير

   75

   Allah chooses messengers from angels and from mankind. Indeed Allah is all-hearing, all-seeing.

   allāhu yaṣṭafī mina l-malāʾikati rusulan wa-mina n-nāsi ʾinna llāha samīʿun baṣīrun

4. يعلم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهم وإلى الله ترجع الأمور

   76

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

   yaʿlamu mā bayna ʾaydīhim wa-mā khalfahum wa-ʾilā llāhi turjaʿu l-ʾumūru

5. Recommended prostration

   يا أيها الذين آمنوا اركعوا واسجدوا واعبدوا ربكم وافعلوا الخير لعلكم تفلحون

   77

   O you who have faith! Bow down and prostrate yourselves, and worship your Lord, and do good, so that you may be felicitous.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū rkaʿū wa-sjudū wa-ʿbudū rabbakum wa-fʿalū l-khayra laʿallakkum tufliḥūna

6. وجاهدوا في الله حق جهاده هو اجتباكم وما جعل عليكم في الدين من حرج ملة أبيكم إبراهيم هو سماكم المسلمين من قبل وفي هذا ليكون الرسول شهيدا عليكم وتكونوا شهداء على الناس فأقيموا الصلاة وآتوا الزكاة واعتصموا بالله هو مولاكم فنعم المولى ونعم النصير

   78

   And wage jihad for the sake of Allah, a jihad which is worthy of Him. He has chosen you and has not placed for you any obstacle in the religion, the faith of your father, Abraham. He named you ‘Muslims’ before, and in this, so that the Apostle may be a witness to you, and that you may be witnesses to mankind. So maintain the prayer, give the zakat, and hold fast to Allah. He is your master—an excellent master and an excellent helper.

   wa-jāhidū fī llāhi ḥaqqa jihādihī huwa jtabākum wa-mā jaʿala ʿalaykum fī d-dīni min ḥarajin millata ʾabīkum ʾibrāhīma huwa sammākumu l-muslimīna min qablu wa-fī hādhā li-yakūna r-rasūlu shahīdan ʿalaykum wa-takūnū shuhadāʾa ʿalā n-nāsi fa-ʾaqīmū ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ʾātū z-zakāta wa-ʿtaṣimū bi-llāhi huwa mawlākum fa-niʿma l-mawlā wa-niʿma n-naṣīru