THE PILGRIMAGE (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 fol-lows 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 cling-ing clot, then
from a lump of flesh, partly developed and partly undeveloped. In or-der to
clarify things for you. And We settle in the wombs whatever We will for a
des-ignated 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 be-cause 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 guid-ance, or an enlightening scripture.
9. Turning aside in contempt, to lead away from the path of
God. He will have humil-iation 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 ad-vanced, and because God
is not unjust to the servants.
11. And among the people is he who wor-ships God on edge. When
something good comes his way, he is content with it. But
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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 Chris-tians, and the Zoroastrians, and the Poly-theists—God
will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. God is witness to all
things.
18. Do you not realize that to God pros-trates everyone in the
heavens and every-one 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 re-garding their Lord. As
for those who dis-believe, 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 hu-manity. 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 sancti-ties 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 sacra-ments of God—it
is from the piety of the hearts.
33.
In them are benefits for you until a cer-tain time.
Then their place is by the An-cient House.
34.
We have appointed a rite for every na-tion, 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 good-ness 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 peo-ple 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 peo-ple 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 ru-ins, 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 pun-ishment. But God never breaks His prom-ise. A day with
your Lord is like a thou-sand 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 warn-er to you.”
50. Those who
believe and work righteous-ness—for them is forgiveness and a gener-ous
provision.
51.
But those who strive against Our reve-lations—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 inter-
jects, 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 defi-nitely 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 every-thing 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 Merci-ful.
66. It is He who
gives you life, then makes you die, then revives you. The
human be-ing is unappreciative.
67.
For every congregation We have ap-pointed acts of
devotion, which they ob-serve. 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 disa-gree about.
70. Do you not
know that God knows eve-rything 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 some-thing 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 pros-trate, 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.
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