Quran Surah 22 - Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)
Ayat 1 - O YOU PEOPLE, fear your Lord. The great
upheaval of the Hour will indeed be terrible.
Ayat 2 - The day you see it every suckling female
will forget her suckling, and every pregnant female will discharge her burden. You will see men drunk, yet it will not be
intoxication. The torment of God will be severe.
Ayat 3 - And yet there are men who contend about God
without understanding, and follow every wayward devil
Ayat 4 - Who, it is inscribed, will beguile whoever
follows him, and lead him to the torment of Hell.
Ayat 5 - If you have any doubt, O men, about being
raised to life again, (remember) that We created you from dust, then a drop of semen, then an embryo, then a chewed up lump of
flesh shaped and shapeless, that We may reveal (the various steps) to you. We keep what We please in the womb for a certain
time, then you come out as a child, then reach the prime of age. Some of you die, some reach the age of dotage when they forget
what they knew, having known it once. You see the earth all withered, then We send down rain upon it, and it bestirs itself,
swells, and brings forth every kind of beauteous verdure.
Ayat 6 - That is so for God is the undeniable
Reality. It is He who brings the dead to life, for He has power over everything.
Ayat 7 - The Hour will come without a doubt, and God
will raise those who are dead.
Ayat 8 - Yet there are some who contend about God
without any knowledge or guidance or enlightening Book,
Ayat 9 - Turning their backs that they may lead away
from the path of God. For such there is disgrace in the world, and on the Day of Judgement We shall make them taste the torment
of burning.
Ayat 10 - That is on account of what you had done in
the past; yet God is not unjust to His creatures.
Ayat 11 - There are some men who worship God only
from the margin. If there is some profit they are content; but if calamity befalls them they turn about, thus losing both this
world and the next. This is indeed a palpable loss.
Ayat 12 - Leaving God they pray to those who cannot
harm or profit them. That is the limit of going astray.
Ayat 13 - They pray to him whose bane is more
imminent than his boon: How bad the protector and how bad the associate!
Ayat 14 - God will admit those who believe and do the
right to gardens full of rippling streams. Verily God does as He pleases.
Ayat 15 - He who thinks that God will not help him in
this world and the next should stretch a rope to the sky then cut it off and see if his mind is relieved (of doubts) by this
stratagem.
Ayat 16 - That is why We have sent down these clear
revelations, for God gives guidance whomsoever He please.
Ayat 17 - God will judge between those who believe
and the Jews, the Sabians, Christians and the Magians and the idolaters, on the Day of Judgement. Verily God is witness to
everything.
Ayat 18 - Do you see how all things in heavens and
the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, trees and beasts, and men in abundance, pay homage to God? Yet there
are many who deserve the punishment. And whosoever God disgraces will have none to raise him up in honour. God does verily as
He will.
Ayat 19 - These two (believers and unbelievers) are
disputants, who contend about their Lord. But they who disbelieve will be fitted out with garments of flames. Boiling water
will be poured down over their heads
Ayat 20 - Which will dissolve everything within their
bellies, and their skins.
Ayat 21 - There are iron maces for them.
Ayat 22 - As often as they try to escape from its
anguish they would be put back into (the fire), and taste the torment of burning.
Ayat 23 - God will surely admit those who believe and
do the right to gardens with rivers running by, where they will be decked in bracelets of gold and of pearls; and of silk will
be their garments.
Ayat 24 - They will be guided with gentle words, and
guided to the commended path.
Ayat 25 - As for those who disbelieve, and obstruct
the way of God and the holy Mosque which We have set down for all men, the native and the visitor alike. Whoever puts
obstructions in this mischievously will taste of painful punishment.
Ayat 26 - When We chose the site of the House for
Abraham (We said:) "Associate no one with Me, and clean My House for those who will circumambulate it, stand (in reverence),
and bow in homage.
Ayat 27 - Announce the Pilgrimage to the people. They
will come to you on foot and riding along distant roads on lean and slender beasts,
Ayat 28 - In order to reach the place of advantage
for them, and to pronounce the name of God on appointed days over cattle He has given them for food; then eat of the meat and
feed the needy and the poor.
Ayat 29 - Let them then attend to their persons and
complete the rites of pilgrimage, fulfil their vows and circuit round the ancient House.
Ayat 30 - Apart from this, whoever respects the
sacred ordinances of God, will find a better reward for him with his Lord. You are allowed to eat all cattle except those
already mentioned to you. Avoid the repugnance of idols, and false and frivolous talk.
Ayat 31 - Turn uprightly to God without ascribing
compeers to Him; for he who associates any one with God is like a thing that falls from the sky and is either snatched away by
birds or carried far away by the wind.
Ayat 32 - All this, and honouring the offerings to
God, comes from purity of heart.
Ayat 33 - , There are advantages for you in these
(cattle) up to a time, then their place is the ancient House for sacrifice.
Ayat 34 - For every community We have ordained
certain rites that they may commemorate the name of God by reading it over the cattle We have given them for sacrifice. Your
God is one God, so be obedient to Him. Give good tidings to those who bow in obedience to God,
Ayat 35 - Whose hearts are filled with awe when the
name of God is mentioned before them, who endure with fortitude what befalls them, and fulfil their moral obligations, and
expend of what We have given them.
Ayat 36 - We have made the camels signs of God for
you. There is good for you in this. So pronounce the name of God over them as they stand with their forefeet in a line. When
they have fallen (slaughtered) on their sides, eat of (their meat) and feed those who are content with little, and those who
supplicate. That is why We have brought them under your subjugation so that you may be grateful.
Ayat 37 - It is not their meat or blood that reaches
God: It is the fealty of your heart that reaches him. That is why He has subjugated them to you that you may glorify God for
having shown you the way. So give glad tidings to those who are doers of good.
Ayat 38 - God will certainly defend the believers.
Surely God does not like the traitors who deny the truth.
Ayat 39 - Permission is granted those (to take up
arms) who fight because they were oppressed. God is certainly able to give help to those
Ayat 40 - Who were driven away from their homes for
no other reason than they said: "Our Lord is God." And if God had not restrained some men through some others, monastries,
churches, synagogues and mosques, where the name of God is honoured most, would have been razed. God will surely help those who
help Him, -- verily God is all-powerful and all-mighty, --
Ayat 41 - Those who would be firm in devotion, give
zakat, and enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong, if We gave them authority in the land. But the resultance of things
rests with God.
Ayat 42 - If they accuse you of falsehood, (remember
that) the people of Noah, ´Ad and Thamud had accused (their apostles) before,
Ayat 43 - And the people of Abraham and Lot,
Ayat 44 - And the people of Midian too. Moses was
also accused of lies. So I allowed the infidels respite and then seized them. How was My reprobation then!
Ayat 45 - How many a habitation given to wickedness
have We destroyed, whose roofs tumbled down, which fell into ruins. How many a well and fortress reinforced lie abandoned!
Ayat 46 - Have they not travelled in the land that
they could have the heart to understand, and ears to hear? It is not the eyes alone that do not see, oblivious are the hearts
within their breasts.
Ayat 47 - That is how they ask you to hasten the
punishment; but God does not go back on His promise. Verily a day with your Lord is equal by your reckoning to a thousand
years.
Ayat 48 - To how many habitations did We give
respite, though given to wickedness, and then seized them. To Me they had to come back in the end.
Ayat 49 - Tell them: "O men, it´s my duty to warn
you clearly."
Ayat 50 - For those who believe and do the right is
forgiveness and gracious provision.
Ayat 51 - But those who try to defeat Our signs are
people of Hell.
Ayat 52 - We have sent no messenger or apostle before
you with whose recitations Satan did not tamper. Yet God abrogates what Satan interpolates; then He confirms His revelations,
for God is all-knowing and all-wise.
Ayat 53 - This is in order to make the interpolations
of Satan a test for those whose hearts are diseased and hardened: Surely the sinners have gone far in dissent.
Ayat 54 - At the same time those who have been given
knowledge may know that this is the truth from your Lord, and come to believe in it, and their hearts become submissive to Him.
Verily God guides those who believe, to the even path.
Ayat 55 - The infidels will remain in doubt about it
till the Hour overtakes them unawares, or the punishment of the barren day destructive should come upon them.
Ayat 56 - The order will be God´s on that Day; He
will judge between them. Then those who had come to believe and done the right will be in gardens of delight.
Ayat 57 - But those who did not believe and called
Our revelations lies, will be given disgraceful punishment.
Ayat 58 - Those who left their homes in the way of
God, and then were killed or died, will surely be given a better provision by God, for God is surely the best of providers.
Ayat 59 - God will surely lead them to a place with
which they will be gratified. Verily God is all-knowing and forbearing.
Ayat 60 - Whosoever retaliates to the extent of
injury suffered by him, and is wronged again, will certainly be helped by God. Verily God is forgiving and kind.
Ayat 61 - That is so for God turns night into day and
day into night, for God is all-hearing and all-seeing;
Ayat 62 - That is so for God is the undeniable truth,
and what they invoke apart from Him is false; yet God is all-high and supreme.
Ayat 63 - Do you not see how God sends down water
from the sky and in the morning the earth turns green? Truly God is benign and well-informed.
Ayat 64 - Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth
belongs to Him. Surely God is all-sufficing, worthy of praise.
Ayat 65 - Do you not see God has harnessed all that
is in the earth, to your service? And the boats ply in the ocean by His command. He holds the sky in position lest it should
fall upon the earth save by His dispensation. Verily God is compassionate and kind to men.
Ayat 66 - It is He who gives you life, then makes you
die; then He will bring you back to life again. Man is surely most ungrateful.
Ayat 67 - We have determined for each community a way
of worship which they follow. So they should not contend with you in this matter; and you should go on calling them to your
Lord. You are surely on the right path.
Ayat 68 - If they argue with you, tell them: "God
knows well what you are doing.
Ayat 69 - God will judge between you on the Day of
Judgement in what you are at variance."
Ayat 70 - Do you not know that God knows whatever is
in the heavens and the earth? This is surely in accordance with the law. This is certainly how (the law of) God works
inevitably.
Ayat 71 - Yet they worship in place of God that for
which no authority has been sent to them, and of which they have no knowledge. The wicked will have none to help them.
Ayat 72 - When Our clear messages are read out to
them you can see denial on the faces of unbelievers. They can hardly restrain themselves from attacking those who recite Our
revelations. Tell them: "Should I give you news of something worse than this?" -- Hell, which God has promised the infidels.
How evil a destination!
Ayat 73 - O men, give ear to this parable: Those you
worship other than God can never create as much as a fly, even if they get together to do so; and if the fly were to rob them
of a thing they would not be able to snatch it away from it. How weak the seeker and how weak the sought!
Ayat 74 - They do not esteem God with the right
estimation. God is surely all-powerful and all-mighty.
Ayat 75 - God chooses messengers from the angels and
human beings. Verily God is all-hearing and all-seeing.
Ayat 76 - He knows what is before them and what lies
behind them, and all things go back to God.
Ayat 77 - O you who believe, bow in adoration,
Worship your Lord and do what is good that you may find success.
Ayat 78 - Strive in the way of God with a service
worthy of Him. He has chosen you and laid no hardship on you in the way of faith, the faith of your forbear Abraham. He named
you Muslim earlier, and in this (Qur´an), in order that the Prophet be witness over you, and you be witness over mankind. So be
firm in devotion, pay the zakat, and hold on firmly to God. He is your friend: How excellent a friend is He, how excellent a
helper!