Al-Hajj

In the name of God, the Gracious, the
Merciful.

1. O people, be conscious of your Lord.
The quaking of the Hour is a tremendous
thing.
2. On the Day when you will see it, every
nursing mother will discard her infant,
and every pregnant woman will abort her
load, and you will see the people drunk,

even though they are not drunk—but the
punishment of God is severe.
3. Among the people is he who argues
about God without knowledge, and follows
every defiant devil.
4. It was decreed for him, that whoever
follows him—he will misguide him, and
lead him to the torment of the Blaze.
5. O people! If you are in doubt about the
Resurrection—We created you from dust,
then from a small drop, then from a clinging
clot, then from a lump of flesh, partly
developed and partly undeveloped. In order
to clarify things for you. And We settle
in the wombs whatever We will for a designated
term, and then We bring you out
as infants, until you reach your full
strength. And some of you will pass away,
and some of you will be returned to the
vilest age, so that he may not know, after
having known. And you see the earth still,
but when We send down water on it, it
vibrates, and swells, and grows all kinds of
lovely pairs.
6. That is because God is the truth, and
because He gives life to the dead, and because
He is Capable of everything.
7. And because the Hour is coming—there
is no doubt about it—and because God
will resurrect those in the graves.
8. Among the people is he who argues
about God without knowledge, or guidance,
or an enlightening scripture.
9. Turning aside in contempt, to lead away
from the path of God. He will have humiliation
in this world, and on the Day of
Resurrection We will make him taste the
agony of burning.
10. That is for what your hands have advanced,
and because God is not unjust to
the servants.
11. And among the people is he who worships
God on edge. When something good
comes his way, he is content with it. But
when an ordeal strikes him, he makes a
turnaround. He loses this world and the
next. That is the obvious loss.
12. He invokes, instead of God, what can
neither harm him nor benefit him. That is
the far straying.
13. He invokes one whose harm is closer
than his benefit. What a miserable master.
What a miserable companion.
14. God will admit those who believe and
do righteous deeds into Gardens beneath
which rivers flow. God does whatever He
wills.
15. Whoever thinks that God will not help
him in this life and in the Hereafter—let
him turn to heaven, then sever, and see if
his cunning eliminates what enrages him.
16. Thus We revealed it as clarifying signs,
and God guides whomever He wills.
17. Those who believe, and those who are
Jewish, and the Sabeans, and the Christians,
and the Zoroastrians, and the Polytheists—
God will judge between them on
the Day of Resurrection. God is witness to
all things.
18. Do you not realize that to God prostrates
everyone in the heavens and everyone
on earth, and the sun, and the moon,
and the stars, and the mountains, and the
trees, and the animals, and many of the
people? But many are justly deserving of
punishment. Whomever God shames,
there is none to honor him. God does
whatever He wills.
19. Here are two adversaries feuding regarding
their Lord. As for those who disbelieve,
garments of fire will be tailored
for them, and scalding water will be
poured over their heads.
20. Melting their insides and their skins.
21. And they will have maces of iron.
22. Whenever they try to escape the gloom,
they will be driven back to it: “Taste the
suffering of burning.”
23. But God will admit those who believe
and do good deeds into Gardens beneath
which rivers flow. They will be decorated
therein with bracelets of gold and pearls,
and their garments therein will be of silk.
24. They were guided to purity of speech.
They were guided to the path of the Most
Praised.
25. As for those who disbelieve and repel
from God’s path and from the Sacred
Mosque—which We have designated for
all mankind equally, whether residing
therein or passing through—and seek to
commit sacrilege therein—We will make
him taste of a painful punishment.
26. We showed Abraham the location of
the House, “Do not associate anything
with Me; and purify My House for those
who circle around, and those who stand to
pray, and those who kneel and prostrate.”
27. And announce the pilgrimage to humanity.
They will come to you on foot,
and on every transport. They will come
from every distant point.
28. That they may witness the benefits for
themselves, and celebrate the name of God
during the appointed days, for providing
them with the animal livestock. So eat
from it, and feed the unfortunate poor.
29. Then let them perform their acts of
cleansing, and fulfill their vows, and circle
around the Ancient House.
30. All that. Whoever venerates the sanctities
of God—it is good for him with his
Lord. All Livestock are permitted to you,
except what is recited to you. So stay away
from the abomination of idols, and stay
away from perjury.
31. Being true to God, without associating
anything with Him. Whoever associates
anything with God—it is as though he has
fallen from the sky, and is snatched by the
birds, or is swept away by the wind to a
distant abyss.
32. So it is. Whoever venerates the sacraments
of God—it is from the piety of the
hearts.
33. In them are benefits for you until a certain
time. Then their place is by the Ancient
House.
34. We have appointed a rite for every nation,
that they may commemorate God’s
name over the livestock He has provided
for them. Your God is One God, so to
Him submit, and announce good news to
the humble.
35. Those whose hearts tremble when God
is mentioned, and those who endure what
has befallen them, and those who perform
the prayer and spend from what We have
provided for them.
36. We have made the animal offerings
emblems of God for you. In them is goodness
for you. So pronounce God’s name
upon them as they line up. Then, when
they have fallen on their sides, eat of them
and feed the contented and the beggar.
Thus We have subjected them to you, that
you may be thankful.
37. Neither their flesh, nor their blood, ever
reaches God. What reaches Him is the
righteousness from you. Thus He subdued
them to you, that you may glorify God for
guiding you. And give good news to the
charitable.
38. God defends those who believe. God
does not love any ungrateful traitor.
39. Permission is given to those who were
wronged, and God is Able to give them
victory.
40. Those who were unjustly evicted from
their homes, merely for saying, “Our Lord
is God.” Were it not that God repels people
by means of others: monasteries,
churches, synagogues, and mosques—
where the name of God is mentioned
much—would have been demolished. God
supports whoever supports Him. God is
Strong and Mighty.
41. Those who, when We empower them
in the land, observe the prayer, and give
regular charity, and command what is
right, and forbid what is wrong. To God
belongs the outcome of events.
42. If they deny you—before them the people
of Noah, and Aad, and Thamood also
denied.
43. And the people of Abraham, and the
people of Lot.
44. And the inhabitants of Median. And
Moses was denied. Then I reprieved those
who disbelieved, but then I seized them.
So how was My rejection?
45. How many a town have We destroyed
while it was doing wrong? They lie in ruins,
with stilled wells, and lofty mansions.
46. Have they not journeyed in the land,
and had minds to reason with, or ears to
listen with? It is not the eyes that go blind,
but it is the hearts, within the chests, that
go blind.
47. And they ask you to hasten the punishment.
But God never breaks His promise.
A day with your Lord is like a thousand
years of your count.
48. How many a town have I reprieved,
although it was unjust? Then I seized it.
To Me is the destination.
49. Say, “O people, I am only a plain warner
to you.”
50. Those who believe and work righteousness—
for them is forgiveness and a generous
provision.
51. But those who strive against Our revelations—
these are the inmates of Hell.
52. We never sent a messenger before you,
or a prophet, but Satan interfered in his
wishes. But God nullifies what Satan interjects,
and God affirms His revelations.
God is Omniscient and Wise.
53. In order to make Satan’s suggestions a
trial for those whose hearts are diseased,
and those whose hearts are hardened. The
wrongdoers are in profound discord.
54. And so that those endowed with
knowledge may know that it is the truth
from your Lord, and so believe in it, and
their hearts soften to it. God guides those
who believe to a straight path.
55. Those who disbelieve will continue to
be hesitant about it, until the Hour comes
upon them suddenly, or there comes to
them the torment of a desolate Day.
56. Sovereignty on that Day belongs to
God; He will judge between them. Those
who believe and do good deeds will be in
the Gardens of Bliss.
57. But those who disbelieve and reject Our
revelations—these will have a humiliating
punishment.
58. Those who emigrate in God’s cause,
then get killed, or die, God will provide
them with fine provisions. God is the Best
of Providers.
59. He will admit them an admittance that
will please them. God is Knowing and
Clement.
60. That is so! Whoever retaliates similarly
to the affliction he was made to suffer, and
then he is wronged again, God will definitely
assist him. God is Pardoning and
Forgiving.
61. That is because God merges the night
into the day, and He merges the day into
the night, and because God is Hearing and
Seeing.
62. That is because God is the Reality, and
what they invoke besides Him is vanity,
and because God is the Sublime, the
Grand.
63. Do you not see that God sends down
water from the sky, and the land becomes
green? God is Kind and Aware.
64. To Him belongs everything in the
heavens and everything on earth. God is
the Rich, the Praised.
65. Do you not see that God made everything
on earth subservient to you? How
the ships sail at sea by His command?
That He holds up the sky lest it falls on
earth—except by His permission? God is
Gracious towards the people, Most Merciful.
66. It is He who gives you life, then makes
you die, then revives you. The human being
is unappreciative.
67. For every congregation We have appointed
acts of devotion, which they observe.
So do not let them dispute with you
in this matter. And invite to your Lord;
you are upon a straight guidance.
68. But if they dispute with you, say, “God
is fully aware of what you do.”
69. God will judge between you on the Day
of Resurrection regarding what you disagree
about.
70. Do you not know that God knows everything
in the heavens and the earth? This
is in a book. That is easy for God.
71. Yet they worship, besides God, things
for which He sent down no warrant, and
what they have no knowledge of. There is
no savior for the transgressors.
72. And when Our Clear Verses are recited
to them, you will recognize disgust on the
faces of those who disbelieve. They nearly
assault those who recite to them Our
Verses. Say, “Shall I inform you of something
worse than that? The Fire! God has
promised it to those who disbelieve. And
what a wretched outcome!”
73. O people! A parable is presented, so
listen to it: Those you invoke besides God
will never create a fly, even if they banded
together for that purpose. And if the fly
steals anything from them, they cannot
recover it from it. Weak are the pursuer
and the pursued.
74. They do not value God as He should be
valued. God is Strong and Powerful.
75. God chooses messengers from among
the angels, and from among the people.
God is Hearing and Seeing.
76. He knows what is before them, and
what is behind them. To God all matters
are referred.
77. O you who believe! Kneel, and prostrate,
and worship your Lord, and do good
deeds, so that you may succeed.
78. And strive for God, with the striving
due to Him. He has chosen you, and has
not burdened you in religion—the faith of
your father Abraham. It is he who named
you Muslims before, and in this. So that
the Messenger may be a witness over you,
and you may be witnesses over the people.
So pray regularly, and give regular charity,
and cleave to God. He is your Protector.
What an excellent Protector, and what an
excellent Helper.