الحج
Al-Hajj
Neither Their Flesh nor Their Blood
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
O mankind, guard yourselves toward your Guardian,
يايها الناس اتقوا ربكم
for the quaking of the Hour is an immense thing.
ان زلزلة الساعة شىء عظيم
The Day you see it, every woman with a child in her care will be oblivious of the child she was caring for, and every pregnant one will lay down her bearing, and you will see mankind intoxicated, though they are not intoxicated — but the punishment of God is severe.
يوم ترونها تذهل كل مرضعة عما ارضعت وتضع كل ذات حمل حملها وترى الناس سكرى وما هم بسكرى ولكن عذاب الله شديد
And among mankind is he who argues about God without knowledge and follows every rebellious Diverter, for whom it has been inscribed that whoever takes him as an ally, he will misguide him and guide him to the punishment of the Inferno.
ومن الناس من يجدل في الله بغير علم ويتبع كل شيطن مريد كتب عليه انه من تولاه فانه يضله ويهديه الى عذاب السعير
O mankind, if you are in doubt about the Raising, then indeed We created you from earth, then from a drop, then from a clinging form, then from an embryo, formed and unformed, that We may make things clear to you.
يايها الناس ان كنتم في ريب من البعث فانا خلقنكم من تراب ثم من نطفة ثم من علقة ثم من مضغة مخلقة وغير مخلقة لنبين لكم
And We let rest in the wombs whatever We will until an appointed term,
ونقر في الارحام ما نشاء الى اجل مسمى
then We bring you out as a child, that you may then reach your full maturity.
ثم نخرجكم طفلا ثم لتبلغوا اشدكم
And among you is he who is kept faithfully, and among you is he who is returned to the lowliest age, so as to know nothing more after having known.
ومنكم من يتوفى ومنكم من يرد الى ارذل العمر لكيلا يعلم من بعد علم شيا
And you see the earth lifeless, but when We send down water upon it, it quivers, swells, and grows every splendid pair.
وترى الارض هامدة فاذا انزلنا عليها الماء اهتزت وربت وانبتت من كل زوج بهيج
That is because God is the Truth, He brings the dead back to life, He is capable of all things, the Hour is coming — no doubt about it — and God will raise up those who are in the graves.
ذلك بان الله هو الحق وانه يحي الموتى وانه على كل شىء قدير وان الساعة ءاتية لا ريب فيها وان الله يبعث من في القبور
And among mankind is he who argues about God without knowledge, without guidance, and without an illuminating Scripture, folding his side, to lead astray from the way of God.
ومن الناس من يجدل في الله بغير علم ولا هدى ولا كتب منير ثاني عطفه ليضل عن سبيل الله
He has, in the present life, a disgrace,
له في الدنيا خزي
and We will make him taste, on the Day of Appearance, the punishment of the burning fire.
ونذيقه يوم القيمة عذاب الحريق
That is for what your hands have prepared; and God is in no way one to wrong the constrained under compulsion.
ذلك بما قدمت يداك وان الله ليس بظلم للعبيد
And among mankind is he who obeys God in a skewed manner: if good betides him, he is calmed by it, but if a trial strikes him, he turns back on his face — losing both the present life and the last life.
ومن الناس من يعبد الله على حرف فان اصابه خير اطمان به وان اصابته فتنة انقلب على وجهه خسر الدنيا والءاخرة
That is the manifest loss.
ذلك هو الخسران المبين
He calls upon, besides God, that which can neither harm him nor benefit him.
يدعوا من دون الله ما لا يضره وما لا ينفعه
That is indeed the far error — he calls upon
ذلك هو الضلل البعيد يدعوا
one whose harm is nearer than his benefit. What a wretched guarantor, and what a wretched companion!
لمن ضره اقرب من نفعه لبيس المولى ولبيس العشير
Indeed, God admits those who have believed and done sound deeds into gardens beneath which rivers flow.
ان الله يدخل الذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر
God does what He wants.
ان الله يفعل ما يريد
Whoever presumes that God will never help him in the present life and the last life, let him extend a link toward the sky, then let him pull back from it, then let him wait and look whether his scheme removes what enrages him.
من كان يظن ان لن ينصره الله في الدنيا والءاخرة فليمدد بسبب الى السماء ثم ليقطع فلينظر هل يذهبن كيده ما يغيظ
Thus have We sent it down as clear signs,
وكذلك انزلنه ءايت بينت
and because God guides whom He wants.
وان الله يهدي من يريد
Those who have believed, the Reoriented, the Aspirants, the Helpers, the Magians, and those who associate with God — God will indeed separate between them on the Day of Appearance.
ان الذين ءامنوا والذين هادوا والصبين والنصرى والمجوس والذين اشركوا ان الله يفصل بينهم يوم القيمة
God is witness over all things.
ان الله على كل شىء شهيد
Have you not seen that to God prostrate whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the living beings, and many among mankind?
الم تر ان الله يسجد له من في السموت ومن في الارض والشمس والقمر والنجوم والجبال والشجر والدواب وكثير من الناس
And upon many, the punishment has proven true.
وكثير حق عليه العذاب
And whoever God degrades has none to honor him.
ومن يهن الله فما له من مكرم
Indeed, God does what He wills.
ان الله يفعل ما يشاء
These are two opposing parties who have quarreled concerning their Guardian.
هذان خصمان اختصموا في ربهم
Those who disown will have clothes of fire cut out for them; boiling water will be poured over their heads, melting what is in their bellies as well as their skins.
فالذين كفروا قطعت لهم ثياب من نار يصب من فوق رءوسهم الحميم يصهر به ما في بطونهم والجلود
And for them are maces of iron.
ولهم مقمع من حديد
Every time they wish to come out of it, out of anguish, they will be brought back into it:
كلما ارادوا ان يخرجوا منها من غم اعيدوا فيها
"Taste the punishment of the burning fire!"
وذوقوا عذاب الحريق
Indeed, God admits those who have believed and done sound deeds into gardens beneath which rivers flow; they will be ornamented therein with bracelets of gold and pearls,
ان الله يدخل الذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر يحلون فيها من اساور من ذهب ولولوا
and their garment therein will be silk.
ولباسهم فيها حرير
And they were guided to the wholesome in saying,
وهدوا الى الطيب من القول
and they were guided to the path of the Praiseworthy.
وهدوا الى صرط الحميد
Indeed, those who disown and bar from the way of God and from the inviolable place of prostration, which We made for mankind equally, whether one dwells there or is passing through —
ان الذين كفروا ويصدون عن سبيل الله والمسجد الحرام الذي جعلنه للناس سواء العكف فيه والباد
and whoever intends therein a perversion through wrongdoing, We will make him taste a painful punishment.
ومن يرد فيه بالحاد بظلم نذقه من عذاب اليم
And when We settled for Ibrahim the site of the House: "Do not associate anything with Me,
واذ بوانا لابرهيم مكان البيت ان لا تشرك بي شيا
and purify My House for those who frequent it, those who maintain it, and those who kneel in service and prostrate in allegiance."
وطهر بيتي للطايفين والقايمين والركع السجود
And proclaim to mankind the Hajj: they will come to you on foot and on every lean mount, coming from every distant, deep-cut path, to witness the benefits for them and to remember the name of God on known days over the livestock beasts He has provided them.
واذن في الناس بالحج ياتوك رجالا وعلى كل ضامر ياتين من كل فج عميق ليشهدوا منفع لهم ويذكروا اسم الله في ايام معلومت على ما رزقهم من بهيمة الانعم
So eat of it and feed the distressed, the poor.
فكلوا منها واطعموا البايس الفقير
Then let them put an end to their unkempt state, be faithful to their vows, and frequent the freed House.
ثم ليقضوا تفثهم وليوفوا نذورهم وليطوفوا بالبيت العتيق
That is so.
ذلك
And whoever magnifies the inviolable things of God, it is better for him with his Guardian.
ومن يعظم حرمت الله فهو خير له عند ربه
And the cattle have been permitted to you, except what is recited to you:
واحلت لكم الانعم الا ما يتلى عليكم
so avoid the filth of idols, and avoid the saying of falsification, wholly turned toward God, associating nothing with Him.
فاجتنبوا الرجس من الاوثن واجتنبوا قول الزور حنفاء لله غير مشركين به
And whoever associates with God, it is as though he had fallen from the sky, and the birds snatch him away, or the wind sweeps him down into a far-off place.
ومن يشرك بالله فكانما خر من السماء فتخطفه الطير او تهوي به الريح في مكان سحيق
That is so.
ذلك
And whoever magnifies the perceptible markers of God — that is indeed part of the guardedness of the cores.
ومن يعظم شعير الله فانها من تقوى القلوب
For you in them are benefits until an appointed term; then their place of delivery is at the freed House.
لكم فيها منفع الى اجل مسمى ثم محلها الى البيت العتيق
And for every community We have assigned a beneficent practice, that they may remember the name of God over the livestock beasts He has provided them.
ولكل امة جعلنا منسكا ليذكروا اسم الله على ما رزقهم من بهيمة الانعم
So your deity is a single deity.
فالهكم اله وحد
So to Him alone be true.
فله اسلموا
And give good news to those who are lowly, whose cores tremble when God is remembered, who are patient with what strikes them, who maintain the Contact, and who spend from what We have provided them.
وبشر المخبتين الذين اذا ذكر الله وجلت قلوبهم والصبرين على ما اصابهم والمقيمي الصلوة ومما رزقنهم ينفقون
And the offering animals — We have made them for you among the perceptible markers of God; in them is good for you.
والبدن جعلنها لكم من شعير الله لكم فيها خير
So remember the name of God over them, while they are lined up in rows;
فاذكروا اسم الله عليها صواف
then when their flanks collapse, eat of them and feed the one who is content without asking and the one who comes forward.
فاذا وجبت جنوبها فكلوا منها واطعموا القانع والمعتر
Thus have We subjected them to you, perhaps you will be grateful.
كذلك سخرنها لكم لعلكم تشكرون
Neither their flesh nor their blood accrues to God, but the guardedness from you accrues to Him.
لن ينال الله لحومها ولا دماوها ولكن يناله التقوى منكم
Thus has He subjected them to you, that you may proclaim the greatness of God for having guided you.
كذلك سخرها لكم لتكبروا الله على ما هدىكم
And give good news to those who do good.
وبشر المحسنين
Indeed, God repels from those who believe.
ان الله يدفع عن الذين ءامنوا
God does not love any grand traitor, grand disowner.
ان الله لا يحب كل خوان كفور
Permission is given to those who are being fought, because they have been wronged —
اذن للذين يقتلون بانهم ظلموا
and God is surely able to help them —
وان الله على نصرهم لقدير
those who were expelled from their abodes without right, only because they said, "Our Guardian is God."
الذين اخرجوا من ديرهم بغير حق الا ان يقولوا ربنا الله
And were it not for God repelling men, some by others, there would have been demolished hermitages, synagogues, places of Contact, and places of prostration wherein the name of God is much remembered.
ولولا دفع الله الناس بعضهم ببعض لهدمت صومع وبيع وصلوت ومسجد يذكر فيها اسم الله كثيرا
And God will surely help whoever helps Him —
ولينصرن الله من ينصره
God is surely the Strong, the All-Powerful —
ان الله لقوي عزيز
those who, if We establish them in the land, maintain the Contact, give pure liberality, order what is recognized, and forbid what is disavowed.
الذين ان مكنهم في الارض اقاموا الصلوة وءاتوا الزكوة وامروا بالمعروف ونهوا عن المنكر
And to God belongs the outcome of all matters.
ولله عقبة الامور
And if they deny you, before them the people of Nuh, the Aad, the Thamud, the people of Ibrahim, the people of Lut, and the companions of Madyan denied —
وان يكذبوك فقد كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح وعاد وثمود وقوم ابرهيم وقوم لوط واصحب مدين
and Moussa too was denied.
وكذب موسى
So I granted leeway to those who disowned, then I seized them:
فامليت للكفرين ثم اخذتهم
and how was My disavowal!
فكيف كان نكير
How many a city have I annihilated while it was doing wrong: it now stands empty despite its edifices, with an untended waterhole and a lofty palace!
فكاين من قرية اهلكنها وهي ظالمة فهي خاوية على عروشها وبير معطلة وقصر مشيد
Have they not traveled through the earth, so as to have cores with which to reason, or ears with which to hear?
افلم يسيروا في الارض فتكون لهم قلوب يعقلون بها او ءاذان يسمعون بها
For it is not the sights that are blind, but rather the cores that are within the chests.
فانها لا تعمى الابصر ولكن تعمى القلوب التي في الصدور
And they ask you to hasten the punishment,
ويستعجلونك بالعذاب
though God will never fail His promise.
ولن يخلف الله وعده
And indeed, a day with your Guardian is like a thousand years of those they number.
وان يوما عند ربك كالف سنة مما تعدون
And how many a city to which I granted leeway while it was doing wrong, then I seized it —
وكاين من قرية امليت لها وهي ظالمة ثم اخذتها
and to Me is the destination.
والى المصير
Say, "O mankind, I am only a clear warner to you."
قل يايها الناس انما انا لكم نذير مبين
So those who have believed and done sound deeds will have forgiveness and generous provision.
فالذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت لهم مغفرة ورزق كريم
And those who endeavoured against Our signs, seeking to thwart Us, those are the companions of the Blaze.
والذين سعوا في ءايتنا معجزين اوليك اصحب الجحيم
And We did not send before you any messenger or informant except that when he had a wish, the Diverter would cast something into it. God then transcribes what the Diverter casts, and He makes His signs unassailable — God is All-Knowing, Wise — so that what the Diverter casts may be a trial for those in whose cores is a sickness and those whose cores are hardened.
وما ارسلنا من قبلك من رسول ولا نبي الا اذا تمنى القى الشيطن في امنيته فينسخ الله ما يلقي الشيطن ثم يحكم الله ءايته والله عليم حكيم ليجعل ما يلقي الشيطن فتنة للذين في قلوبهم مرض والقاسية قلوبهم
And surely, the wrongdoers are in a far rupture.
وان الظلمين لفي شقاق بعيد
And so that those who were given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Guardian, and believe in it, and their cores grow lowly before it.
وليعلم الذين اوتوا العلم انه الحق من ربك فيومنوا به فتخبت له قلوبهم
And surely, God guides those who believe to a straight path.
وان الله لهاد الذين ءامنوا الى صرط مستقيم
And those who disown will not cease to be in contention about it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly, or there comes to them the punishment of a barren day.
ولا يزال الذين كفروا في مرية منه حتى تاتيهم الساعة بغتة او ياتيهم عذاب يوم عقيم
The dominion, that Day, belongs to God.
الملك يوميذ لله
He will judge between them.
يحكم بينهم
So those who believed and did sound deeds will be in the gardens of bliss.
فالذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت في جنت النعيم
And those who disowned and denied Our signs — those will have a degrading punishment.
والذين كفروا وكذبوا بايتنا فاوليك لهم عذاب مهين
And those who emigrated in the way of God and then were killed or died — God will surely provide them with a fine provision.
والذين هاجروا في سبيل الله ثم قتلوا او ماتوا ليرزقنهم الله رزقا حسنا
And God is surely the best of providers.
وان الله لهو خير الرزقين
He will surely admit them to an entrance with which they will be pleased.
ليدخلنهم مدخلا يرضونه
And surely, God is All-Knowing, Forbearing.
وان الله لعليم حليم
That is so.
ذلك
And whoever pays back in kind to the exact measure of what was done to him, and then suffers iniquity — God will surely help him.
ومن عاقب بمثل ما عوقب به ثم بغي عليه لينصرنه الله
God is surely the One who overlooks, Most-Forgiving.
ان الله لعفو غفور
That is because God makes the night penetrate into the day and the day penetrate into the night, and because God is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
ذلك بان الله يولج اليل في النهار ويولج النهار في اليل وان الله سميع بصير
That is because God is the Truth, and what you invoke besides Him is falsehood, and because God is the Most High, the Great.
ذلك بان الله هو الحق وان ما يدعون من دونه هو البطل وان الله هو العلي الكبير
Have you not seen that God sends down water from the sky, and the earth becomes green?
الم تر ان الله انزل من السماء ماء فتصبح الارض مخضرة
God is Subtle, Intimately Acquainted.
ان الله لطيف خبير
To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth.
له ما في السموت وما في الارض
And God is surely the Self-Sufficient, the Praiseworthy.
وان الله لهو الغني الحميد
Have you not seen that God has subjected to you whatever is on the earth, and the vessel which sails through the sea by His command?
الم تر ان الله سخر لكم ما في الارض والفلك تجري في البحر بامره
And He holds back the sky from toppling upon the earth, except by His permission.
ويمسك السماء ان تقع على الارض الا باذنه
God is surely, toward mankind, full of kindness, Benevolent.
ان الله بالناس لرءوف رحيم
And it is He who gave you life, then will cause you to die,
وهو الذي احياكم ثم يميتكم
then will bring you back to life.
ثم يحييكم
The human being is surely a great disowner.
ان الانسن لكفور
For every community We have assigned a beneficent practice which it carries out.
لكل امة جعلنا منسكا هم ناسكوه
So let them not contest with you concerning the matter,
فلا ينزعنك في الامر
and call to your Guardian,
وادع الى ربك
for you are surely upon straight guidance.
انك لعلى هدى مستقيم
And if they argue with you, say, "God knows best what you do.
وان جدلوك فقل الله اعلم بما تعملون
God will judge between you on the Day of Appearance concerning that in which you used to differ."
الله يحكم بينكم يوم القيمة فيما كنتم فيه تختلفون
Do you not know that God knows whatever is in the heaven and the earth?
الم تعلم ان الله يعلم ما في السماء والارض
That is in a record:
ان ذلك في كتب
that is indeed easy for God.
ان ذلك على الله يسير
And they obey, besides God, that for which He has sent down no authority and of which they have no knowledge.
ويعبدون من دون الله ما لم ينزل به سلطنا وما ليس لهم به علم
And the wrongdoers have no help.
وما للظلمين من نصير
And when Our clear signs are recited to them, you recognize disavowal on the faces of those who disown; they nearly assault those who recite Our signs to them.
واذا تتلى عليهم ءايتنا بينت تعرف في وجوه الذين كفروا المنكر يكادون يسطون بالذين يتلون عليهم ءايتنا
Say, "Shall I inform you of something worse than that?
قل افانبيكم بشر من ذلكم
The Fire, which God has promised to those who disown —
النار وعدها الله الذين كفروا
and what an evil destination!"
وبيس المصير
O mankind! An example has been multiplied, so listen to it:
يايها الناس ضرب مثل فاستمعوا له
those you invoke besides God will never create a fly, even if they came together for that.
ان الذين تدعون من دون الله لن يخلقوا ذبابا ولو اجتمعوا له
And if the fly should rob them of something, they could not recover it from it.
وان يسلبهم الذباب شيا لا يستنقذوه منه
Weak are the seeker and the sought!
ضعف الطالب والمطلوب
They did not measure God with His true measure.
ما قدروا الله حق قدره
God is surely the Strong, the All-Powerful.
ان الله لقوي عزيز
God chooses messengers from the Agents and from mankind.
الله يصطفي من المليكة رسلا ومن الناس
God is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
ان الله سميع بصير
He knows what is before them and what is behind them.
يعلم ما بين ايديهم وما خلفهم
And it is to God that all matters return.
والى الله ترجع الامور
O you who have believed! Kneel, prostrate, obey your Guardian, and do good, perhaps you will succeed.
يايها الذين ءامنوا اركعوا واسجدوا واعبدوا ربكم وافعلوا الخير لعلكم تفلحون
And strive for God with the striving due to Him.
وجهدوا في الله حق جهاده
It is He who has elected you,
هو اجتبىكم
and He has not placed upon you, in the Law, any discomfort —
وما جعل عليكم في الدين من حرج
the doctrine of your father Ibrahim.
ملة ابيكم ابرهيم
It is He who named you those true to Him, before and in this, so that the messenger may be a witness over you, and that you may be witnesses over mankind.
هو سمىكم المسلمين من قبل وفي هذا ليكون الرسول شهيدا عليكم وتكونوا شهداء على الناس
So maintain the Contact and give pure liberality,
فاقيموا الصلوة وءاتوا الزكوة
and hold firmly to God:
واعتصموا بالله
He is your nearest Guarantor —
هو مولىكم
what an excellent Guarantor,
فنعم المولى
and what an excellent Helper!
ونعم النصير