Revealed as a profound bridge between the Makkan and Madinan periods, Surah Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) possesses a unique structural duality, seamlessly blending the cosmic, terrifying warnings characteristic of early revelations with the foundational legislative directives of the new Islamic state. The chapter opens with an earth-shattering address to all of humanity, vividly depicting the violent, psychological terror of the impending Day of Judgment—a day so catastrophic that nursing mothers will abandon their infants in sheer panic. To anchor the believers amidst worldly trials, the Surah beautifully traces the spiritual heritage of the faith back to Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim), detailing his divine commission to purify the Kaaba and universally proclaim the sacred institution of Hajj, thereby cementing the physical and spiritual unity of those who submit to God. Significantly, this chapter marks a monumental turning point in Islamic history, as it contains the very first divine permission for the severely oppressed believers to engage in armed self-defense, explicitly stating that if God did not check the aggression of tyrants, monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques would all be destroyed. By completely dismantling the logic of idolatry with the striking parable that false deities could not collectively create even a single fly, the Surah serves as a powerful call to absolute humility, emphasizing that true devotion is manifested through physical sacrifice, unwavering trust, and the recognition that God alone is the ultimate Sovereign and Protector.
Transliteration
Ya ayyuha alnnasu ittaqoo rabbakum inna zalzalata alssaAAati shayon AAatheemun
Translation
O people, be conscious of your Lord. The quaking of the Hour is a tremendous thing
Transliteration
Yawma tarawnaha tathhalu kullu murdiAAatin AAamma ardaAAat watadaAAu kullu thati hamlin hamlaha watara alnnasa sukara wama hum bisukara walakinna AAathaba Allahi shadeedun
Translation
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
Transliteration
Wamina alnnasi man yujadilu fee Allahi bighayri AAilmin wayattabiAAu kulla shaytanin mareedin
Translation
Among the people is he who argues about God without knowledge, and follows every defiant devil
Transliteration
Kutiba AAalayhi annahu man tawallahu faannahu yudilluhu wayahdeehi ila AAathabi alssaAAeeri
Translation
It was decreed for him, that whoever follows him—he will misguide him, and lead him to the torment of the Blaze
Transliteration
Ya ayyuha alnnasu in kuntum fee raybin mina albaAAthi fainna khalaqnakum min turabin thumma min nutfatin thumma min AAalaqatin thumma min mudghatin mukhallaqatin waghayri mukhallaqatin linubayyina lakum wanuqirru fee alarhami ma nashao ila ajalin musamman thumma nukhrijukum tiflan thumma litablughoo ashuddakum waminkum man yutawaffa waminkum man yuraddu ila arthali alAAumuri likayla yaAAlama min baAAdi AAilmin shayan watara alarda hamidatan faitha anzalna AAalayha almaa ihtazzat warabat waanbatat min kulli zawjin baheejin
Translation
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
Transliteration
Thalika bianna Allaha huwa alhaqqu waannahu yuhyee almawta waannahu AAala kulli shayin qadeerun
Translation
That is because God is the truth, and because He gives life to the dead, and because He is Capable of everything
Transliteration
Waanna alssaAAata atiyatun la rayba feeha waanna Allaha yabAAathu man fee alquboori
Translation
And because the Hour is coming—there is no doubt about it—and because God will resurrect those in the graves
Transliteration
Wamina alnnasi man yujadilu fee Allahi bighayri AAilmin wala hudan wala kitabin muneerin
Translation
And among the people is he who argues about God without knowledge, or guidance, or an enlightening scripture
Transliteration
Thaniya AAitfihi liyudilla AAan sabeeli Allahi lahu fee alddunya khizyun wanutheequhu yawma alqiyamati AAathaba alhareeqi
Translation
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
Transliteration
Thalika bima qaddamat yadaka waanna Allaha laysa bithallamin lilAAabeedi
Translation
That is for what your hands have advanced, and because God is not unjust to the servants
Transliteration
Wamina alnnasi man yaAAbudu Allaha AAala harfin fain asabahu khayrun itmaanna bihi wain asabathu fitnatun inqalaba AAala wajhihi khasira alddunya waalakhirata thalika huwa alkhusranu almubeenu
Translation
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
Transliteration
YadAAoo min dooni Allahi ma la yadurruhu wama la yanfaAAuhu thalika huwa alddalalu albaAAeedu
Translation
He invokes, instead of God, what can neither harm him nor benefit him. That is the far straying
Transliteration
YadAAoo laman darruhu aqrabu min nafAAihi labisa almawla walabisa alAAasheeru
Translation
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit. What a miserable master. What a miserable companion
Transliteration
Inna Allaha yudkhilu allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu inna Allaha yafAAalu ma yureedu
Translation
God will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds into Gardens beneath which rivers flow. God does whatever He wills
Transliteration
Man kana yathunnu an lan yansurahu Allahu fee alddunya waalakhirati falyamdud bisababin ila alssamai thumma liyaqtaAA falyanthur hal yuthhibanna kayduhu ma yagheethu
Translation
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
Transliteration
Wakathalika anzalnahu ayatin bayyinatin waanna Allaha yahdee man yureedu
Translation
Thus We revealed it as clarifying signs, and God guides whomever He wills
Transliteration
Inna allatheena amanoo waallatheena hadoo waalssabieena waalnnasara waalmajoosa waallatheena ashrakoo inna Allaha yafsilu baynahum yawma alqiyamati inna Allaha AAala kulli shayin shaheedun
Translation
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
Transliteration
Alam tara anna Allaha yasjudu lahu man fee alssamawati waman fee alardi waalshshamsu waalqamaru waalnnujoomu waaljibalu waalshshajaru waalddawabbu wakatheerun mina alnnasi wakatheerun haqqa AAalayhi alAAathabu waman yuhini Allahu fama lahu min mukrimin inna Allaha yafAAalu ma yashao
Translation
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
Transliteration
Hathani khasmani ikhtasamoo fee rabbihim faallatheena kafaroo quttiAAat lahum thiyabun min narin yusabbu min fawqi ruoosihimu alhameemu
Translation
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
Transliteration
Yusharu bihi ma fee butoonihim waaljuloodu
Translation
Melting their insides and their skins