Sura 22: Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) الحج
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In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.
[22:1] O people, you shall reverence your Lord, for the quaking of the Hour is something horrendous.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūBeware / Reverence [you all]رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord.إِنَّinnaIndeed,زَلْزَلَةَzalzalata(the) quaking (of)ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatithe Hour (is)شَىْءٌshayona thingعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat / grave. ﴿١﴾
[22:2] The day you witness it, even a nursing mother will discard her infant, and a pregnant woman will abort her fetus. You will see the people staggering, as if they are intoxicated, even though they are not intoxicated. This is because GOD's retribution is so awesome.
يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayتَرَوْنَهَاtarawnahāyou [all] see it,تَذْهَلُtadhhalu[she] will forgetكُلُّkullueveryمُرْضِعَةٍmur'ḍiʿatinnursing motherعَمَّآʿammāof whatأَرْضَعَتْarḍaʿatshe was nursing,وَتَضَعُwataḍaʿuand she will deliverكُلُّkullueveryذَاتِdhātishe possessingحَمْلٍḥamlinpregnancyحَمْلَهَاḥamlahāher load (*baby),وَتَرَىwatarāand you will seeٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleسُكَـٰرَىٰsukārāintoxicated,وَمَاwamāwhile notهُمhumthey (are)بِسُكَـٰرَىٰbisukārāof intoxication;وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutعَذَابَʿadhāba(the) retributionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godشَدِيدٌshadīdun(will be) severe (awesome). ﴿٢﴾
[22:3] Among the people, there are those who argue about GOD without knowledge, and follow every rebellious devil.
وَمِنَwaminaAnd amongٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people (is)مَنman(he) whoيُجَـٰدِلُyujādiluhe arguesفِىfīaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledgeوَيَتَّبِعُwayattabiʿuand he followsكُلَّkullaeveryشَيْطَـٰنٍshayṭānindevilمَّرِيدٍmarīdinrebellious. ﴿٣﴾
[22:4] It is decreed that anyone who allies himself with him, he will mislead him and guide him to the agony of Hell.
كُتِبَkutibaIt was decreedعَلَيْهِʿalayhifor himأَنَّهُۥannahuthat heمَنmanwhoتَوَلَّاهُtawallāhuhe befriends / allies him,فَأَنَّهُۥfa-annahuthen indeed, heيُضِلُّهُۥyuḍilluhu[he] misleads himوَيَهْدِيهِwayahdīhiand he guides himإِلَىٰilātoعَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment / agony (of)ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīrithe Blaze / Hell. ﴿٤﴾
Where Did We Come From?
[22:5] O people, if you have any doubt about resurrection, (remember that) we created you from dust, and subsequently from a tiny drop, which turns into a hanging (embryo), then it becomes a fetus that is given life or deemed lifeless. We thus clarify things for you. We settle in the wombs whatever we will for a predetermined period.* We then bring you out as infants, then you reach maturity. While some of you die young, others live to the worst age, only to find out that no more knowledge can be attained beyond a certain limit. Also, you look at a land that is dead, then as soon as we shower it with water, it vibrates with life and grows all kinds of beautiful plants.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!إِنinIfكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areفِىfīinرَيْبٍraybindoubtمِّنَminaaboutٱلْبَعْثِl-baʿthithe Resurrection,فَإِنَّاfa-innāthen indeed, weخَلَقْنَـٰكُمkhalaqnākum[we] created you [all]مِّنminfromتُرَابٍturābindust,ثُمَّthummathenمِنminfromنُّطْفَةٍnuṭ'fatina tiny drop of semenثُمَّthummathenمِنْminfromعَلَقَةٍʿalaqatina hanging (embryo)ثُمَّthummathenمِنminfromمُّضْغَةٍmuḍ'ghatinan embryonic lump / fetus,مُّخَلَّقَةٍmukhallaqatinformed / shaped / molded (*life)وَغَيْرِwaghayriand not*مُخَلَّقَةٍmukhallaqatinformed / shaped / molded (*lifeless),لِّنُبَيِّنَlinubayyinathat we may clarifyلَكُمْlakumfor you [all].وَنُقِرُّwanuqirruAnd we settleفِىfīinٱلْأَرْحَامِl-arḥāmithe wombsمَاmāwhatنَشَآءُnashāuwe willإِلَىٰٓilātillأَجَلٍajalina term / periodمُّسَمًّىmusammanpredetermined,ثُمَّthummathenنُخْرِجُكُمْnukh'rijukumwe bring you [all] outطِفْلًاṭif'lan(as) a child / infant,ثُمَّthumma[then]لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟litablughūthat you [all] may reachأَشُدَّكُمْashuddakum[your] maturity.وَمِنكُمwaminkumAnd among you [all] (is)مَّنman(he) whoيُتَوَفَّىٰyutawaffāhe dies (young).وَمِنكُمwaminkumAnd among you [all] (is)مَّنman(he) whoيُرَدُّyuradduhe returns / revertsإِلَىٰٓilātoأَرْذَلِardhali(the) worst (oldest)ٱلْعُمُرِl-ʿumuri[the] age,لِكَيْلَاlikaylālest / so that notيَعْلَمَyaʿlamahe knowsمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterعِلْمٍʿil'min(having) knowledgeشَيْـًٔاshayananything.وَتَرَىwatarāAnd you seeٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthهَامِدَةًhāmidatanbarren / lifeless / deadفَإِذَآfa-idhāthen whenأَنزَلْنَاanzalnāwe sent down عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon itٱلْمَآءَl-māa[the] water,ٱهْتَزَّتْih'tazzatit stirredوَرَبَتْwarabatand it swelledوَأَنۢبَتَتْwa-anbatatand it caused to growمِنminofكُلِّkullieveryزَوْجٍۭzawjinkindبَهِيجٍbahījinbeautiful plants. ﴿٥﴾
*22:5 The Quran's mathematical miracle is based on the number 19. As it turns out, this number represents the Creator's signature on His creations. Thus, you and I have 209 bones in our bodies (209=19x11). The length of pregnancy for a full term fetus is 266 days (19x14) (Langman's Medical Embryology, T. W. Sadler, Page 88, 1985).
[22:6] This proves that GOD is the Truth, and that He revives the dead, and that He is Omnipotent.
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّbi-annabecause,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodهُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth.وَأَنَّهُۥwa-annahuAnd that Heيُحْىِyuḥ'yī[He] gives lifeٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtā(to) the dead,وَأَنَّهُۥwa-annahuand that He (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿٦﴾
[22:7] And that the Hour is coming, no doubt about it, and that GOD resurrects those who are in the graves.
وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd thatٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿatathe Hourءَاتِيَةٌātiyatun(is) coming,لَّاlā(there is) noرَيْبَraybadoubtفِيهَاfīhāabout it,وَأَنَّwa-annaand thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَبْعَثُyabʿathu[He] will resurrectمَنman(those) whoفِىfī(are) inٱلْقُبُورِl-qubūrithe graves. ﴿٧﴾
A Common Occurrence
[22:8] Among the people there is the one who argues about GOD without knowledge, and without guidance, and without an enlightening scripture.
وَمِنَwaminaAnd amongٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people (is)مَنman(he) whoيُجَـٰدِلُyujādilu[he] arguesفِىfīaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutعِلْمٍʿil'min(any) knowledgeوَلَاwalāand notهُدًىhudan(any) guidanceوَلَاwalāand notكِتَـٰبٍkitābina book / scriptureمُّنِيرٍmunīrinenlightening. ﴿٨﴾
[22:9] Arrogantly he strives to divert the people from the path of GOD. He thus incurs humiliation in this life, and we commit him on the Day of Resurrection to the agony of burning.
ثَانِىَthāniyaTurning*عِطْفِهِۦʿiṭ'fihihis side / neck (*behaving arrogantly)لِيُضِلَّliyuḍillathat he may mislead / divertعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.لَهُۥlahuFor himفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world (is)خِزْىٌkhiz'yunhumiliation,وَنُذِيقُهُۥwanudhīquhuand we will make him tasteيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrectionعَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment / agony (of)ٱلْحَرِيقِl-ḥarīqithe burning. ﴿٩﴾
[22:10] This is what your hands have sent ahead for you. GOD is never unjust towards the people.
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِمَاbimāfor whatقَدَّمَتْqaddamat[it] sent forthيَدَاكَyadākaboth your hands,وَأَنَّwa-annaand thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَيْسَlaysais notبِظَلَّـٰمٍbiẓallāminever unjustلِّلْعَبِيدِlil'ʿabīdito the servants / people. ﴿١٠﴾
Fair Weather Friends
[22:11] Among the people there is the one who worships GOD conditionally. If things go his way, he is content. But if some adversity befalls him, he makes an about-face. Thus, he loses both this life and the Hereafter. Such is the real loss.
وَمِنَwaminaAnd amongٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people (is)مَنman(he) whoيَعْبُدُyaʿbuduhe worshipsٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعَلَىٰʿalāon*حَرْفٍḥarfinan edge (*conditionally).فَإِنْfa-inAnd ifأَصَابَهُۥaṣābahu[it] befell himخَيْرٌkhayrungood,ٱطْمَأَنَّiṭ'ma-annahe was contentبِهِۦbihiwith it,وَإِنْwa-inand ifأَصَابَتْهُaṣābathu[it] befell himفِتْنَةٌfit'natuna trial / adversityٱنقَلَبَinqalabahe turned aboutعَلَىٰʿalāon*وَجْهِهِۦwajhihihis face (*makes an about face).خَسِرَkhasiraHe lostٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَwal-ākhirataand the Hereafter.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatهُوَhuwa[it] (is)ٱلْخُسْرَانُl-khus'rānuthe dual lossٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnu[the] clear / stark (real). ﴿١١﴾
[22:12] He idolizes beside GOD what possesses no power to harm him or benefit him; such is the real straying.
يَدْعُوا۟yadʿūHe calls / idolizesمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَاmāwhatلَاlānotيَضُرُّهُۥyaḍurruhuit harms himوَمَاwamāand whatلَاlānotيَنفَعُهُۥyanfaʿuhuit benefits him.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatهُوَhuwa[it] (is)ٱلضَّلَـٰلُl-ḍalāluthe strayingٱلْبَعِيدُl-baʿīduthe far. ﴿١٢﴾
[22:13] He idolizes what is more apt to harm him than benefit him. What a miserable lord! What a miserable companion!
يَدْعُوا۟yadʿūHe invokes / idolizesلَمَنlaman[surely] (one) whoضَرُّهُۥٓḍarruhuhis harm (is)أَقْرَبُaqrabucloserمِنminthanنَّفْعِهِۦnafʿihihis benefit.لَبِئْسَlabi'saSurely an evil / badٱلْمَوْلَىٰl-mawlā[the] protector / lordوَلَبِئْسَwalabi'saand surely an evil / bad / miserableٱلْعَشِيرُl-ʿashīru[the] companion! ﴿١٣﴾
[22:14] GOD admits those who believe and lead a righteous life into gardens with flowing streams. Everything is in accordance with GOD's will.
إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُدْخِلُyud'khilu[He] admitsٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe righteous deedsجَنَّـٰتٍjannātin(to) gardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَفْعَلُyafʿalu[He] doesمَاmāwhatيُرِيدُyurīduHe wishes / wills. ﴿١٤﴾
Happiness Now, and Forever
[22:15] If anyone thinks that GOD cannot support him in this life and in the Hereafter, let him turn completely to (his Creator in) heaven, and sever (his dependence on anyone else). He will then see that this plan eliminates anything that bothers him.
مَنmanWhoeverكَانَkānahe used toيَظُنُّyaẓunnu[he] thinkأَنanthatلَّنlannotيَنصُرَهُyanṣurahu[He] will help / support himٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter,فَلْيَمْدُدْfalyamdudthen let him extend / draw forth / reinforceبِسَبَبٍbisababinin a rope / means / bond (of love) / relationshipإِلَىilāto (his Creator in)ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavenثُمَّthummathenلْيَقْطَعْl'yaqṭaʿlet him cut off / sever (his dependence on anyone else),فَلْيَنظُرْfalyanẓurthen let him seeهَلْhalwhetherيُذْهِبَنَّyudh'hibanna[it] removesكَيْدُهُۥkayduhuhis planمَاmāwhatيَغِيظُyaghīẓuit angers / irritates / bothers (him). ﴿١٥﴾
[22:16] We have thus revealed clear revelations herein, then GOD guides whomever He wills.
وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusأَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuwe sent it downءَايَـٰتٍۭāyātinverses / revelationsبَيِّنَـٰتٍbayyinātinclearوَأَنَّwa-annaand thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَهْدِىyahdī[He] guidesمَنmanwhomيُرِيدُyurīduHe wishes / wills. ﴿١٦﴾
God: The Only Judge
[22:17] Those who believe, those who are Jewish, the converts, the Christians, the Zoroastrians, and the idol worshipers, GOD is the One who will judge among them on the Day of Resurrection. GOD witnesses all things.
إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed,وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoهَادُوا۟hādūthey were Jewishوَٱلصَّـٰبِـِٔينَwal-ṣābiīnaand the convertsوَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰwal-naṣārāand the Christiansوَٱلْمَجُوسَwal-majūsaand the Magis / Zoroastrians,وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoأَشْرَكُوٓا۟ashrakūthey associate partners (with God) / worshiped idolsإِنَّinnaindeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَفْصِلُyafṣilu[He] will judgeبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween themيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrection.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthing (is)شَهِيدٌshahīduna witness. ﴿١٧﴾
[22:18] Do you not realize that to GOD prostrates everyone in the heavens and the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and the animals, and many people? Many others among the people are committed to doom. Whomever GOD shames, none will honor him. Everything is in accordance with GOD's will.
أَلَمْalamDo notتَرَtarayou seeأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,يَسْجُدُyasjudu[it] prostratesلَهُۥlahuto Himمَنmanwhoever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَنwamanand whoever (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,وَٱلشَّمْسُwal-shamsuand the sunوَٱلْقَمَرُwal-qamaruand the moonوَٱلنُّجُومُwal-nujūmuand the starsوَٱلْجِبَالُwal-jibāluand the mountains,وَٱلشَّجَرُwal-shajaruand the treesوَٱلدَّوَآبُّwal-dawābuand the moving creatures / animalsوَكَثِيرٌwakathīrunand manyمِّنَminaofٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people?وَكَثِيرٌwakathīrunBut many (are)حَقَّḥaqqajustly dueعَلَيْهِʿalayhion himٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment / retribution.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُهِنِyuhini[He] humiliates / shamesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفَمَاfamāthen notلَهُۥlahufor himمِنminanyمُّكْرِمٍmuk'riminhonor.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَفْعَلُyafʿalu[He] doesمَاmāwhatيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills. ﴿١٨﴾
How Terrible is Hell!*
[22:19] Here are two parties feuding with regard to their Lord. As for those who disbelieve, they will have clothes of fire tailored for them. Hellish liquid will be poured on top of their heads.
هَـٰذَانِhādhāniThese twoخَصْمَانِkhaṣmāni[two] opponentsٱخْتَصَمُوا۟ikh'taṣamūthey feudedفِىfīconcerningرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord.فَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīnaBut those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedقُطِّعَتْquṭṭiʿatit (will be) cut outلَهُمْlahumfor themثِيَابٌthiyābungarmentsمِّنminofنَّارٍnārinfire.يُصَبُّyuṣabbuIt will be pouredمِنminfromفَوْقِfawqioverرُءُوسِهِمُruūsihimutheir headsٱلْحَمِيمُl-ḥamīmu[the] scalding water. ﴿١٩﴾
*22:19-22 People who have insisted upon going to Hell will inevitably complain: 'Had we known how bad this is, we would have behaved differently.' They will be told that the horrors of Hell have been pointed out to them in the most graphic, though symbolic, terms. It should be noted that Heaven and Hell are almost invariably mentioned together in the Quran.
[22:20] It will cause their insides to melt, as well as their skins.
يُصْهَرُyuṣ'haruIt will be meltedبِهِۦbihithereinمَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinبُطُونِهِمْbuṭūnihimtheir belliesوَٱلْجُلُودُwal-julūduand the skins. ﴿٢٠﴾
[22:21] They will be confined in iron pots.
وَلَهُمwalahumAnd for them (are)مَّقَـٰمِعُmaqāmiʿuhooked rods / iron whips / potsمِنْminofحَدِيدٍḥadīdiniron. ﴿٢١﴾
[22:22] Whenever they try to exit such misery, they will be forced back in: "Taste the agony of burning."
كُلَّمَآkullamāEvery timeأَرَادُوٓا۟arādūthey (will have) wantedأَنantoيَخْرُجُوا۟yakhrujū[they] exitمِنْهَاmin'hāfrom itمِنْminfromغَمٍّghamminmisery,أُعِيدُوا۟uʿīdūthey were returnedفِيهَاfīhātherein,وَذُوقُوا۟wadhūqū"Then taste [you all]عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment / agony (of)ٱلْحَرِيقِl-ḥarīqithe burning!" ﴿٢٢﴾
The Bliss of Heaven
[22:23] GOD will admit those who believe and lead a righteous life into gardens with flowing streams. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and pearls, and their garments therein will be silk.
إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُدْخِلُyud'khilu[He] will admitٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand they didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe righteous deeds,جَنَّـٰتٍjannātin(to) gardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams.يُحَلَّوْنَyuḥallawnaThey will be adornedفِيهَاfīhāthereinمِنْminwithأَسَاوِرَasāwirabraceletsمِنminofذَهَبٍdhahabingoldوَلُؤْلُؤًاwalu'lu-anand pearls,وَلِبَاسُهُمْwalibāsuhumand their garmentsفِيهَاfīhāthereinحَرِيرٌḥarīrun(will be of) silk. ﴿٢٣﴾
[22:24] They have been guided to the good words; they have been guided in the path of the Most Praised.
وَهُدُوٓا۟wahudūAnd they were guidedإِلَىilātoٱلطَّيِّبِl-ṭayibithe goodمِنَminaofٱلْقَوْلِl-qawlithe speech / word(s),وَهُدُوٓا۟wahudūand they were guidedإِلَىٰilātoصِرَٰطِṣirāṭi(the) path (of)ٱلْحَمِيدِl-ḥamīdi(the) Most Praised. ﴿٢٤﴾
[22:25] Surely, those who disbelieve and repulse others from the path of GOD, and from the Sacred Masjid that we designated for all the people - be they natives or visitors - and seek to pollute it and corrupt it, we will afflict them with painful retribution.
إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedوَيَصُدُّونَwayaṣuddūnaand they hinder / repulseعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَٱلْمَسْجِدِwal-masjidiand the Masjidٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmi[the] Sacred,ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhichجَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhuwe made itلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people,سَوَآءًsawāanequal / equitable -ٱلْعَـٰكِفُl-ʿākifu(be they) the resident / nativeفِيهِfīhithereinوَٱلْبَادِwal-bādiand the visitor - وَمَنwamanand whoeverيُرِدْyuridhe intendsفِيهِfīhithereinبِإِلْحَادٍۭbi-il'ḥādinof deviation / profaneبِظُلْمٍbiẓul'min(or) [for] wrongdoing,نُّذِقْهُnudhiq'huwe will make him tasteمِنْminofعَذَابٍʿadhābina retributionأَلِيمٍalīminpainful. ﴿٢٥﴾
Pilgrimage, Like All Duties in Submission, Decreed Through Abraham*
[22:26] We appointed Abraham to establish the Shrine: "You shall not idolize any other god beside Me, and purify My shrine for those who visit it, those who live near it, and those who bow and prostrate.
وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallبَوَّأْنَاbawwanāwe appointedلِإِبْرَٰهِيمَli-ib'rāhīmafor Abrahamمَكَانَmakāna(the) place (of)ٱلْبَيْتِl-baytithe House / Shrine,أَنan"Thatلَّاlā(do) notتُشْرِكْtush'rikyou associate partnersبِىbīwith Meشَيْـًٔاshayananythingوَطَهِّرْwaṭahhirand purifyبَيْتِىَbaytiyaMy House / Shrineلِلطَّآئِفِينَlilṭṭāifīnafor those who circulate / visitوَٱلْقَآئِمِينَwal-qāimīnaand those who stand / station (live near)وَٱلرُّكَّعِwal-rukaʿiand [the] bow,ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdi(and) [the] prostrate. ﴿٢٦﴾
*22:26-27 Abraham was the original messenger of Submission (Islam). See 22:78 and Appendix 9.
[22:27] "And proclaim that the people shall observe Hajj pilgrimage.* They will come to you walking or riding on various exhausted (means of transportation). They will come from the farthest locations."
وَأَذِّنwa-adhin"And proclaim / announceفِىfītoٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleبِٱلْحَجِّbil-ḥajiof the Hajj pilgrimage;يَأْتُوكَyatūkathey will come to youرِجَالًاrijālan(on) footوَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand onكُلِّkullieveryضَامِرٍḍāmirinall sorts of means of transportيَأْتِينَyatīnathey will comeمِنminfromكُلِّkullieveryفَجٍّfajjinpathwayعَمِيقٍʿamīqindistant." ﴿٢٧﴾
[22:28] They may seek commercial benefits, and they shall commemorate GOD's name during the specified days for providing them with livestock. "Eat therefrom and feed the despondent and the poor."
لِّيَشْهَدُوا۟liyashhadūThat they may witnessمَنَـٰفِعَmanāfiʿabenefitsلَهُمْlahumfor them,وَيَذْكُرُوا۟wayadhkurūand they commemorate ٱسْمَis'ma(the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godفِىٓfīonأَيَّامٍayyāmindaysمَّعْلُومَـٰتٍmaʿlūmātin[ones] known / specifiedعَلَىٰʿalāoverمَاmāwhatرَزَقَهُمrazaqahumHe provided themمِّنۢminofبَهِيمَةِbahīmati(the) beast / animals (of)ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmi[the] cattle / livestock.فَكُلُوا۟fakulūSo eat [you all]مِنْهَاmin'hātherefromوَأَطْعِمُوا۟wa-aṭʿimūand feed [you all]ٱلْبَآئِسَl-bāisathe miserable / despondent,ٱلْفَقِيرَl-faqīrathe poor. ﴿٢٨﴾
[22:29] They shall complete their obligations, fulfill their vows, and visit the ancient shrine.
ثُمَّthummaThenلْيَقْضُوا۟l'yaqḍūlet them completeتَفَثَهُمْtafathahumtheir religious obligationsوَلْيُوفُوا۟walyūfūand let them fulfillنُذُورَهُمْnudhūrahumtheir vows / obligations,وَلْيَطَّوَّفُوا۟walyaṭṭawwafūand let them circumambulate / visitبِٱلْبَيْتِbil-bayti[of] the House / Shrineٱلْعَتِيقِl-ʿatīqi[the] ancient." ﴿٢٩﴾
[22:30] Those who reverence the rites decreed by GOD have deserved a good reward at their Lord. All livestock is made lawful for your food, except for those specifically prohibited for you. You shall avoid the abomination of idol worship, and avoid bearing false witness.
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatوَمَنwamanand whoeverيُعَظِّمْyuʿaẓẓimhe honors / reverencesحُرُمَـٰتِḥurumāti(the) sacred ritesٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,فَهُوَfahuwathen it (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbestلَّهُۥlahufor himعِندَʿindaatرَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord.وَأُحِلَّتْwa-uḥillatAnd it was made lawfulلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُl-anʿāmuthe cattle / livestockإِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāwhatيُتْلَىٰyut'lāit is recitedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you [all].فَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟fa-ij'tanibūSo avoid [you all]ٱلرِّجْسَl-rij'sathe abominationمِنَminaofٱلْأَوْثَـٰنِl-awthānithe idolsوَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟wa-ij'tanibūand avoid [you all]قَوْلَqawla(the) wordٱلزُّورِl-zūri[the] falsehood / false. ﴿٣٠﴾
[22:31] You shall maintain your devotion absolutely to GOD alone. Anyone who sets up any idol beside GOD is like one who fell from the sky, then gets snatched up by vultures, or blown away by the wind into a deep ravine.
حُنَفَآءَḥunafāaBeing firm to the right side / true monotheistلِلَّهِlillahito God,غَيْرَghayranot (of)مُشْرِكِينَmush'rikīnathose who associate partnersبِهِۦbihiwith Him.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُشْرِكْyush'rik[he] associates partnersبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Godفَكَأَنَّمَاfaka-annamāthen it was as thoughخَرَّkharrahe fell downمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky,فَتَخْطَفُهُfatakhṭafuhuand [it] snatches himٱلطَّيْرُl-ṭayruthe birds / vultures,أَوْaworتَهْوِىtahwī[it] blowsبِهِbihihimٱلرِّيحُl-rīḥuthe windفِىfītoمَكَانٍmakānina placeسَحِيقٍsaḥīqinfar off / deep place / ravine. ﴿٣١﴾
[22:32] Indeed, those who reverence the rites decreed by GOD demonstrate the righteousness of their hearts.
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat,وَمَنwamanand whoeverيُعَظِّمْyuʿaẓẓim[he] honors / reverencesشَعَـٰٓئِرَshaʿāira(the) symbols / ritesٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godفَإِنَّهَاfa-innahāthen indeed, it (is)مِنminfromتَقْوَىtaqwā(the) righteousness (of)ٱلْقُلُوبِl-qulūbithe hearts. ﴿٣٢﴾
Livestock Offerings During Pilgrimage*
[22:33] The (livestock) provide you with many benefits for a period, before being donated to the ancient shrine.
لَكُمْlakumfor you [all]فِيهَاfīhātherein (are)مَنَـٰفِعُmanāfiʿubenefitsإِلَىٰٓilāforأَجَلٍajalina term / periodمُّسَمًّىmusammanspecified / predetermined / fixed;ثُمَّthummathenمَحِلُّهَآmaḥilluhā(donated to) their place of sacrifice إِلَىilātoٱلْبَيْتِl-baytithe house / shrineٱلْعَتِيقِl-ʿatīqithe ancient. ﴿٣٣﴾
[22:34] For each congregation we have decreed rites whereby they commemorate the name of GOD for providing them with the livestock. Your god is one and the same god; you shall all submit to Him. Give good news to the obedient.
وَلِكُلِّwalikulliAnd for everyأُمَّةٍummatincongregationجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe appointedمَنسَكًاmansakana rite,لِّيَذْكُرُوا۟liyadhkurūthat they may mention / commemorateٱسْمَis'ma(the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) GodعَلَىٰʿalāoverمَاmāwhatرَزَقَهُمrazaqahumHe provided themمِّنۢminofبَهِيمَةِbahīmati(the) beast / animals (of)ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmi[the] cattle / livestock.فَإِلَـٰهُكُمْfa-ilāhukumAnd your god (is)إِلَـٰهٌilāhungodوَٰحِدٌwāḥidunOne,فَلَهُۥٓfalahuso to Himأَسْلِمُوا۟aslimūsubmit [you all].وَبَشِّرِwabashiriAnd give good newsٱلْمُخْبِتِينَl-mukh'bitīna(to) the obedient ones. ﴿٣٤﴾
[22:35] They are the ones whose hearts tremble upon mentioning GOD, they steadfastly persevere during adversity, they observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and from our provisions to them, they give to charity.
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThoseإِذَاidhāwhenذُكِرَdhukira[He] was mentioned,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَجِلَتْwajilat[it] felt fear / trembledقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts,وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَwal-ṣābirīnaand those who are steadfastعَلَىٰʿalāoverمَآmāwhateverأَصَابَهُمْaṣābahumit afflicted them,وَٱلْمُقِيمِىwal-muqīmīand those who establish / observeٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَمِمَّاwamimmāand from whatرَزَقْنَـٰهُمْrazaqnāhumwe provided themيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend. ﴿٣٥﴾
[22:36] The animal offerings are among the rites decreed by GOD for your own good.* You shall mention GOD's name on them while they are standing in line. Once they are offered for sacrifice, you shall eat therefrom and feed the poor and the needy. This is why we subdued them for you, that you may show your appreciation.
وَٱلْبُدْنَwal-bud'naAnd the sacrificial animalsجَعَلْنَـٰهَاjaʿalnāhāwe made themلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنminamongشَعَـٰٓئِرِshaʿāiri(the) symbols / ritesٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,لَكُمْlakumfor you [all]فِيهَاfīhātherein (is)خَيْرٌkhayrungood.فَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurūSo mention [you all]ٱسْمَis'ma(the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon themصَوَآفَّṣawāffastanding in lines, فَإِذَاfa-idhāand whenوَجَبَتْwajabat[it] fell deadجُنُوبُهَاjunūbuhā(on) their sides,فَكُلُوا۟fakulūthen eat [you all]مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom themوَأَطْعِمُوا۟wa-aṭʿimūand feed [you all]ٱلْقَانِعَl-qāniʿathe needy who do not askوَٱلْمُعْتَرَّwal-muʿ'taraand the needy who ask / beggar.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusسَخَّرْنَـٰهَاsakharnāhāwe committed them to serveلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna[you all] be appreciative. ﴿٣٦﴾
*22:36 Animal offerings from the pilgrims conserve the resources at the pilgrimage site. Note that almost 2,000,000 pilgrims converge on Mecca during pilgrimage.
[22:37] Neither their meat, nor their blood reaches GOD. What reaches Him is your righteousness. He has subdued them for you, that you may show your appreciation by glorifying GOD for guiding you. Give good news to the charitable.
لَنlanNotيَنَالَyanālait reachesٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلُحُومُهَاluḥūmuhātheir meatوَلَاwalāand notدِمَآؤُهَاdimāuhātheir bloodوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutيَنَالُهُyanāluhu[it] reaches Himٱلتَّقْوَىٰl-taqwāthe righteousnessمِنكُمْminkumfrom you [all].كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusسَخَّرَهَاsakharahāHe committed them to serveلَكُمْlakumto you [all]لِتُكَبِّرُوا۟litukabbirūso that you [all] may magnify / glorifyٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعَلَىٰʿalāforمَاmāwhatهَدَىٰكُمْhadākumHe guided you [all].وَبَشِّرِwabashiriAnd give good newsٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(to) the righteous / generous / charitable [ones]. ﴿٣٧﴾
God Defends the Believers
[22:38] GOD defends those who believe. GOD does not love any betrayer, unappreciative.
إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُدَٰفِعُyudāfiʿu[He] defendsعَنِʿani[of]ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūthey believed.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesكُلَّkullaeveryخَوَّانٍkhawwāninbetrayerكَفُورٍkafūrinunappreciative. ﴿٣٨﴾
Synagogues, Churches, and Masjids
[22:39] Permission is granted to those who are being persecuted, since injustice has befallen them, and GOD is certainly able to support them.
أُذِنَudhinaPermission was givenلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoيُقَـٰتَلُونَyuqātalūna[they] are (being) foughtبِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause theyظُلِمُوا۟ẓulimū[they] were wronged.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverنَصْرِهِمْnaṣrihimtheir victory / supportلَقَدِيرٌlaqadīrunsurely Able. ﴿٣٩﴾
[22:40] They were evicted from their homes unjustly, for no reason other than saying, "Our Lord is GOD." If it were not for GOD's supporting of some people against others, monasteries, churches, synagogues, and masjids - where the name of GOD is commemorated frequently - would have been destroyed. Absolutely, GOD supports those who support Him. GOD is Powerful, Almighty.
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoأُخْرِجُوا۟ukh'rijūthey were evictedمِنminfromدِيَـٰرِهِمdiyārihimtheir homesبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] without*حَقٍّḥaqqinright (*unjustly)إِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatيَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey said,رَبُّنَاrabbunā"Our Lord (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod."وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if notدَفْعُdafʿu[He] defended / supportedٱللَّهِl-lahiGodٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people,بَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahumsome of themبِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍinby some othersلَّهُدِّمَتْlahuddimatsurely it would have been demolished / destroyedصَوَٰمِعُṣawāmiʿumonasteriesوَبِيَعٌwabiyaʿunand churchesوَصَلَوَٰتٌwaṣalawātunand synagoguesوَمَسَـٰجِدُwamasājiduand mosques / masjidsيُذْكَرُyudh'karu[It] is commemoratedفِيهَاfīhāin itٱسْمُus'mu(the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahiGodكَثِيرًاkathīranmuch / frequently.وَلَيَنصُرَنَّwalayanṣurannaAnd surely [He] will help / supportٱللَّهُl-lahaGodمَنman(those) whoيَنصُرُهُۥٓyanṣuruhu[he] helps / supports Him.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)لَقَوِىٌّlaqawiyyunsurely Powerful,عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty. ﴿٤٠﴾
[22:41] They are those who, if we appointed them as rulers on earth, they would establish the Contact Prayers (Salat) and the obligatory charity (Zakat), and would advocate righteousness and forbid evil. GOD is the ultimate ruler.
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who,إِنinifمَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْmakkannāhumwe gave them authorityفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,أَقَامُوا۟aqāmūthey observed / establishedٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَءَاتَوُا۟waātawūand they gaveٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat)وَأَمَرُوا۟wa-amarūand they commanded / advocatedبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the kindness / morality / approved / righteousnessوَنَهَوْا۟wanahawand they forbidعَنِʿanifromٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong / immorality / disapproved / evil.وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for God (is)عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) ultimate outcome / end (of)ٱلْأُمُورِl-umūriall affairs / matters. ﴿٤١﴾
[22:42] If they reject you, the people of Noah, 'Ãd, and Thamûd have also disbelieved before them.
وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيُكَذِّبُوكَyukadhibūkathey deny / reject you,فَقَدْfaqadso verilyكَذَّبَتْkadhabat[it] denied / rejectedقَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore themقَوْمُqawmu(the) people (of)نُوحٍnūḥinNoahوَعَادٌwaʿādunand Adوَثَمُودُwathamūduand Thamud. ﴿٤٢﴾
[22:43] Also the people of Abraham, and the people of Lot.
وَقَوْمُwaqawmuAnd (the) people (of)إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbraham,وَقَوْمُwaqawmuand (the) people (of)لُوطٍlūṭinLot. ﴿٤٣﴾
[22:44] And the dwellers of Midyan. Moses was also rejected. I led all those people on, then I called them to account; how (devastating) was My requital!
وَأَصْحَـٰبُwa-aṣḥābuAnd (the) inhabitants / dwellers (of)مَدْيَنَmadyanaMidyan.وَكُذِّبَwakudhibaAnd [he] was denied / rejectedمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesفَأَمْلَيْتُfa-amlaytuso I granted respiteلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnato the disbelievers,ثُمَّthummathenأَخَذْتُهُمْakhadhtuhumI seized them,فَكَيْفَfakayfaand howكَانَkānawasنَكِيرِnakīriMy disapproval / rejection / requital. ﴿٤٤﴾
[22:45] Many a community have we annihilated because of their wickedness. They ended up with ruins, stilled wells, and great empty mansions.
فَكَأَيِّنfaka-ayyinAnd how manyمِّنminofقَرْيَةٍqaryatina township / communityأَهْلَكْنَـٰهَاahlaknāhāwe destroyed / annihilated it,وَهِىَwahiyawhile it (was)ظَالِمَةٌẓālimatundoing wrong,فَهِىَfahiyaso itخَاوِيَةٌkhāwiyatuncollapsedعَلَىٰʿalāonعُرُوشِهَاʿurūshihāits roofs,وَبِئْرٍwabi'rinand well(s)مُّعَطَّلَةٍmuʿaṭṭalatinabandoned,وَقَصْرٍwaqaṣrinand castle / mansionsمَّشِيدٍmashīdinlofty. ﴿٤٥﴾
[22:46] Did they not roam the earth, then use their minds to understand, and use their ears to hear? Indeed, the real blindness is not the blindness of the eyes, but the blindness of the hearts inside the chests.
أَفَلَمْafalamSo did notيَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūthey travel / roamفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthفَتَكُونَfatakūnaand it isلَهُمْlahumfor themقُلُوبٌqulūbunhearts / mindsيَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna[they] understandبِهَآbihāwith itأَوْaworءَاذَانٌādhānunearsيَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnathey hearبِهَاbihāwith it?فَإِنَّهَاfa-innahāFor indeed, [it]لَاlānotتَعْمَىtaʿmā[it] blindsٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُl-abṣāruthe eyesوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutتَعْمَىtaʿmā[it] blindsٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbuthe heartsٱلَّتِىallatīwhichفِىfī(are) inٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūrithe chests. ﴿٤٦﴾
[22:47] They challenge you to bring retribution, and GOD never fails to fulfill His prophecy. A day of your Lord is like a thousand of your years.
وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَwayastaʿjilūnakaAnd they ask you to hastenبِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābi[with] the retribution.وَلَنwalanBut never (will)يُخْلِفَyukh'lifa[He] fail [in His promise]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَعْدَهُۥwaʿdahu(in) His promise / prophecy.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,يَوْمًاyawmana dayعِندَʿindawithرَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord (is)كَأَلْفِka-alfilike a thousandسَنَةٍsanatinyear(s)مِّمَّاmimmāof whatتَعُدُّونَtaʿuddūnayou [all] count. ﴿٤٧﴾
[22:48] Many a community in the past committed evil, and I led them on for awhile, then I punished them. To Me is the ultimate destiny.
وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinAnd how manyمِّنminofقَرْيَةٍqaryatina township / communityأَمْلَيْتُamlaytuI gave respiteلَهَاlahāto it,وَهِىَwahiyawhile it (was)ظَالِمَةٌẓālimatundoing wrong.ثُمَّthummaThenأَخَذْتُهَاakhadhtuhāI seized itوَإِلَىَّwa-ilayyaand to Me (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination / destiny. ﴿٤٨﴾
God's Messenger of the Covenant
[22:49] Say, "O people, I have been sent to you as a profound warner."*
قُلْqulSay,يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā"Oٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!إِنَّمَآinnamāOnlyأَنَا۠anāI amلَكُمْlakumto you [all]نَذِيرٌnadhīruna warnerمُّبِينٌmubīnunprofound." ﴿٤٩﴾
*22:49 This command is directed specifically to God's Messenger of the Covenant. This fact, and the specific name of the messenger are mathematically coded into the Quran. See the details, together with the irrefutable proofs, in Appendices 2 and 26.
[22:50] Those who believe and lead a righteous life have deserved forgiveness and a generous recompense.
فَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīnaSo those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand they didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deedsلَهُمlahumfor them (is)مَّغْفِرَةٌmaghfiratunforgivenessوَرِزْقٌwariz'qunand a provision (recompense)كَرِيمٌkarīmunnoble / generous. ﴿٥٠﴾
[22:51] As for those who strive to challenge our revelations, they incur Hell.
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoسَعَوْا۟saʿawthey stroveفِىٓfīagainstءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināour verses / revelations,مُعَـٰجِزِينَmuʿājizīnaones who weakens or frustrates (challenges),أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmithe Hellfire. ﴿٥١﴾
The System*
[22:52] We did not send before you any messenger, nor a prophet, without having the devil interfere in his wishes. GOD then nullifies what the devil has done. GOD perfects His revelations. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.*
وَمَآwamāAnd notأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentمِنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youمِنminanyرَّسُولٍrasūlinmessengerوَلَاwalāand notنَبِىٍّnabiyyina prophetإِلَّآillāexceptإِذَاidhāwhenتَمَنَّىٰٓtamannāhe wished,أَلْقَىalqā[he] threw (interfered)ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilفِىٓfīinأُمْنِيَّتِهِۦum'niyyatihihis wishes.فَيَنسَخُfayansakhuBut [He] abolishes / nullifiesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَاmāwhatيُلْقِىyul'qī[he] throws (interferes)ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devil,ثُمَّthummathenيُحْكِمُyuḥ'kimu[He] will establishes / perfectsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis verses / revelations.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٥٢﴾
*22:52 Throughout this worldly test, Satan is allowed to present his point of view (we are born with a representative of Satan in our bodies). This allows the people to make a choice between God's evidence and Satan's evidence. Satan's evidence is invariably based on lies. This system explains the fact that the devil's agents continuously come up with the most absurd lies, insults and accusations against every messenger (see 6:33-34, 8:30, 17:76-77, 27:70).
The Hypocrites Drop Out
[22:53] He thus sets up the devil's scheme as a test for those who harbor doubts in their hearts, and those whose hearts are hardened. The wicked must remain with the opposition.
لِّيَجْعَلَliyajʿalaThat He may set upمَاmāwhatيُلْقِىyul'qī[he] throwsٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devil فِتْنَةًfit'natana trial / testلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoفِىfīinقُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts (is)مَّرَضٌmaraḍuna disease,وَٱلْقَاسِيَةِwal-qāsiyatiand those (who) hardenedقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers (are)لَفِىlafīsurely inشِقَاقٍۭshiqāqinopposition (to the truth)بَعِيدٍbaʿīdinfar. ﴿٥٣﴾
[22:54] Those who are blessed with knowledge will recognize the truth from your Lord, then believe in it, and their hearts will readily accept it. Most assuredly, GOD guides the believers in the right path.
وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlamaAnd that [he] may knowٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledgeأَنَّهُannahuthat it (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthمِنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord,فَيُؤْمِنُوا۟fayu'minūand they will believeبِهِۦbihiin it,فَتُخْبِتَfatukh'bitaand [it] humbly submitsلَهُۥlahuto itقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَهَادِlahādisurely He guidedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūthey believedإِلَىٰilātoصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭina pathمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight. ﴿٥٤﴾
[22:55] As for those who disbelieve, they will continue to harbor doubts until the Hour comes to them suddenly, or until the retribution of a terrible day comes to them.
وَلَاwalāAnd notيَزَالُyazālu[he] will cease,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,فِىfī(to be) inمِرْيَةٍmir'yatindoubtمِّنْهُmin'huof itحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilتَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumu[it] comes to themٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuthe Hourبَغْتَةًbaghtatansuddenlyأَوْaworيَأْتِيَهُمْyatiyahum[it] comes to themعَذَابُʿadhābu(the) retributionيَوْمٍyawmin(on) a Dayعَقِيمٍʿaqīminbarren. ﴿٥٥﴾
Satan's Temporary Kingship
[22:56] All sovereignty on that day belongs to GOD, and He will judge among them. As for those who believe and lead a righteous life, they have deserved the gardens of bliss.
ٱلْمُلْكُal-mul'kuAll sovereigntyيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhin(on) that dayلِّلَّهِlillahi(will be) for God,يَحْكُمُyaḥkumuHe will judgeبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them.فَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīnaSo those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deedsفِىfī(will be) inجَنَّـٰتِjannātigardens (of)ٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi[the] delight / bliss. ﴿٥٦﴾
[22:57] While those who disbelieved and rejected our revelations have incurred a shameful retribution.
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedوَكَذَّبُوا۟wakadhabūand they denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our verses / revelations,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseلَهُمْlahumfor them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionمُّهِينٌmuhīnunhumiliating / shameful. ﴿٥٧﴾
Striving in the Cause of God
[22:58] Those who emigrate for the sake of GOD, then get killed, or die, GOD will surely shower them with good provisions. GOD is certainly the best Provider.
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoهَاجَرُوا۟hājarūthey emigratedفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godثُمَّthummathenقُتِلُوٓا۟qutilū[they] were killedأَوْaworمَاتُوا۟mātūthey died,لَيَرْزُقَنَّهُمُlayarzuqannahumusurely [He] will provide themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodرِزْقًاriz'qana provisionحَسَنًاḥasanangood.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeedٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,لَهُوَlahuwasurely He (is)خَيْرُkhayru(the) Best (of)ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīnathe providers. ﴿٥٨﴾
[22:59] Most assuredly, He will admit them an admittance that will please them. GOD is Omniscient, Clement.
لَيُدْخِلَنَّهُمlayud'khilannahumSurely He will admit themمُّدْخَلًاmud'khalan(to) an admittanceيَرْضَوْنَهُۥyarḍawnahuthey will be pleased with it.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)لَعَلِيمٌlaʿalīmunsurely Omniscient,حَلِيمٌḥalīmunClement. ﴿٥٩﴾
Divine Help for the Oppressed
[22:60] It is decreed that if one avenges an injustice that was inflicted upon him, equitably, then is persecuted because of this, GOD will surely support him. GOD is Pardoner, Forgiving.
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat,وَمَنْwamanand whoeverعَاقَبَʿāqabahe retaliated / avenged,بِمِثْلِbimith'liwith the like ofمَاmāwhatعُوقِبَʿūqibahe was afflictedبِهِۦbihiby it,ثُمَّthummathenبُغِىَbughiyahe was oppressed / persecutedعَلَيْهِʿalayhiregarding it,لَيَنصُرَنَّهُlayanṣurannahusurely [He] will help himٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)لَعَفُوٌّlaʿafuwwunsurely Pardoner,غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving. ﴿٦٠﴾
God's Omnipotence
[22:61] It is a fact that GOD merges the night into the day, and merges the day into the night, and that GOD is Hearer, Seer.
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّbi-annabecauseٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُولِجُyūliju[He] mergesٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe nightفِىfīintoٱلنَّهَارِl-nahārithe day,وَيُولِجُwayūlijuand He mergesٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe dayفِىfīintoٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night.وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)سَمِيعٌۢsamīʿunHearer,بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunSeer. ﴿٦١﴾
[22:62] It is a fact that GOD is the Truth, while the setting up of any idols beside Him constitutes a falsehood, and that GOD is the Most High, the Supreme.
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّbi-annabecauseٱللَّهَl-lahaGodهُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe Truth,وَأَنَّwa-annaand thatمَاmāwhatيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invokeمِنminfromدُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him,هُوَhuwait (is)ٱلْبَـٰطِلُl-bāṭiluthe falsehood.وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyuMost High,ٱلْكَبِيرُl-kabīruMost Great / the Supreme. ﴿٦٢﴾
[22:63] Do you not see that GOD sends down from the sky water that turns the land green? GOD is Sublime, Cognizant.
أَلَمْalamDo notتَرَtarayou seeأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodأَنزَلَanzalaHe sent downمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyمَآءًmāanwaterفَتُصْبِحُfatuṣ'biḥuthen [it] becomesٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe landمُخْضَرَّةًmukh'ḍarratangreen?إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)لَطِيفٌlaṭīfunSubtle / Sublime,خَبِيرٌkhabīrunCognizant. ﴿٦٣﴾
[22:64] To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Absolutely, GOD is the Most Rich, Most Praiseworthy.
لَّهُۥlahuFor Him (is)مَاmāwhateverفِىfī(is) inٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand whateverفِىfī(is) inٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَهُوَlahuwasurely He (is)ٱلْغَنِىُّl-ghaniyu[the] Free of need / Most Rich,ٱلْحَمِيدُl-ḥamīduMost Praiseworthy. ﴿٦٤﴾
[22:65] Do you not see that GOD has committed in your service everything on earth? The ships run in the ocean by His command. He prevents the heavenly bodies from crashing onto the earth, except in accordance with His command. GOD is Most Kind towards the people, Most Merciful.
أَلَمْalamDo notتَرَtarayou seeأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodسَخَّرَsakhara[He] committed to serveلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مَّاmāwhatفِىfī(is) inٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,وَٱلْفُلْكَwal-ful'kaand the shipsتَجْرِىtajrīit sails / floats / runsفِىfīthroughٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe seaبِأَمْرِهِۦbi-amrihiby His command?وَيُمْسِكُwayum'sikuAnd He withholdsٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe skyأَنanlestتَقَعَtaqaʿait fallsعَلَىʿalāonٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthإِلَّاillāexceptبِإِذْنِهِۦٓbi-idh'nihiby His permission.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)بِٱلنَّاسِbil-nāsito the peopleلَرَءُوفٌlaraūfunsurely Compassionate / Kind,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٦٥﴾
[22:66] He is the One who granted you life, then He puts you to death, then He brings you back to life. Surely, the human being is unappreciative.
وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoأَحْيَاكُمْaḥyākumHe gave you [all] lifeثُمَّthummathenيُمِيتُكُمْyumītukumHe will cause you [all] to dieثُمَّthummathenيُحْيِيكُمْyuḥ'yīkumHe will give you [all] life (again).إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānathe human being (is)لَكَفُورٌlakafūrunsurely unappreciative. ﴿٦٦﴾
[22:67] For each congregation, we have decreed a set of rites that they must uphold. Therefore, they should not dispute with you. You shall continue to invite everyone to your Lord. Most assuredly, you are on the right path.
لِّكُلِّlikulliFor everyأُمَّةٍummatincongregationجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe made / appointedمَنسَكًاmansakana ritual / rite,هُمْhumtheyنَاسِكُوهُnāsikūhu[they] performed it.فَلَاfalāSo (let) not يُنَـٰزِعُنَّكَyunāziʿunnakathey dispute with youفِىfīinٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matter,وَٱدْعُwa-ud'ʿubut invite (them)إِلَىٰilātoرَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you (are)لَعَلَىٰlaʿalāsurely onهُدًىhudanguidanceمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight / right. ﴿٦٧﴾
[22:68] If they argue with you, then say, "GOD is fully aware of everything you do."
وَإِنwa-inAnd ifجَـٰدَلُوكَjādalūkathey argued with youفَقُلِfaqulithen say,ٱللَّهُl-lahu"God (is)أَعْلَمُaʿlamufully awareبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do. ﴿٦٨﴾
[22:69] GOD will judge among you on the Day of Resurrection regarding all your disputes.
ٱللَّهُal-lahuGodيَحْكُمُyaḥkumu[He] will judgeبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all]يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrection,فِيمَاfīmāconcerning whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toفِيهِfīhiin itتَخْتَلِفُونَtakhtalifūna[you all] differ / dispute." ﴿٦٩﴾
[22:70] Do you not realize that GOD knows everything in the heavens and everything on earth? All this is recorded in a record. This is easy for GOD to do.
أَلَمْalamDo notتَعْلَمْtaʿlamyou knowأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamu[He] knowsمَاmāwhatفِىfī(is) inٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavenوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth?إِنَّinnaIndeed,ذَٰلِكَdhālikathatفِىfī(is) inكِتَـٰبٍkitābina Record.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ذَٰلِكَdhālikathatعَلَىʿalāforٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)يَسِيرٌyasīruneasy. ﴿٧٠﴾
[22:71] Yet, they idolize beside GOD idols wherein He placed no power, and they know nothing about them. The transgressors have no helper.
وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūnaAnd they worshipمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesides ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَاmāwhatلَمْlamnotيُنَزِّلْyunazzilHe sends downبِهِۦbihiin itسُلْطَـٰنًاsul'ṭānanany authority / power, وَمَاwamāand whatلَيْسَlaysanotلَهُمlahumfor themبِهِۦbihiin itعِلْمٌʿil'mun(any) knowledge.وَمَاwamāAnd notلِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīna(will be) for the wrongdoers / transgressorsمِنminanyنَّصِيرٍnaṣīrinhelper. ﴿٧١﴾
Violence & Belligerence: Signs of Disbelief
[22:72] When our revelations are recited to them, clearly, you recognize wickedness on the faces of those who disbelieve. They almost attack those who recite our revelations to them. Say, "Shall I inform you of something much worse? Hell is promised by GOD for those who disbelieve; what a miserable destiny."
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenتُتْلَىٰtut'lā[it] is recitedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto themءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāour verses / revelationsبَيِّنَـٰتٍbayyinātinindisputable / clearly,تَعْرِفُtaʿrifuyou recognizeفِىfīonوُجُوهِwujūhi(the) facesٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedٱلْمُنكَرَl-munkarathe denial / wickedness.يَكَادُونَyakādūnaThey almostيَسْطُونَyasṭūna[they] attackبِٱلَّذِينَbi-alladhīnaof those whoيَتْلُونَyatlūnathey reciteعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto themءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināour verses / revelations.قُلْqulSay,أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُمafa-unabbi-ukum"Then shall I inform you [all]بِشَرٍّbisharrinin worseمِّنminthanذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuthat [you all]?ٱلنَّارُl-nāruThe Fire,وَعَدَهَاwaʿadahā[He] promised itٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(for) those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,وَبِئْسَwabi'saand miserable (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination / destiny." ﴿٧٢﴾
Can They Create a Fly?
[22:73] O people, here is a parable that you must ponder carefully: the idols you set up beside GOD can never create a fly, even if they banded together to do so. Furthermore, if the fly steals anything from them, they cannot recover it; weak is the pursuer and the pursued.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!ضُرِبَḍuribait was set forth / citedمَثَلٌmathaluna parable,فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟fa-is'tamiʿūso listen [you all]لَهُۥٓlahuto it.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomتَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou [all] invokeمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesides ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodلَنlan(will) neverيَخْلُقُوا۟yakhluqūthey createذُبَابًاdhubābana flyوَلَوِwalawieven ifٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ij'tamaʿūthey all gathered togetherلَهُۥlahufor it.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيَسْلُبْهُمُyaslub'humu[he] snatches away from themٱلذُّبَابُl-dhubābuthe flyشَيْـًٔاshayana thingلَّاlānotيَسْتَنقِذُوهُyastanqidhūhuthey can recover itمِنْهُmin'hufrom it.ضَعُفَḍaʿufaweak (is)ٱلطَّالِبُl-ṭālibuthe seeker / pursuerوَٱلْمَطْلُوبُwal-maṭlūbuand the one who is sought / pursued. ﴿٧٣﴾
[22:74] They do not value GOD as He should be valued. GOD is the Most Powerful, the Almighty.
مَاmāNotقَدَرُوا۟qadarūthey measured / estimated / valuedٱللَّهَl-lahaGodحَقَّḥaqqa(with) justified / dueقَدْرِهِۦٓqadrihi[His] measurement / estimation / valuation.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)لَقَوِىٌّlaqawiyyunsurely Powerful,عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty. ﴿٧٤﴾
[22:75] GOD chooses from among the angels messengers, as well as from among the people. GOD is Hearer, Seer.
ٱللَّهُal-lahuGodيَصْطَفِىyaṣṭafī[He] choosesمِنَminafromٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe angelsرُسُلًاrusulanmessengers,وَمِنَwaminaand fromٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)سَمِيعٌۢsamīʿunHearer,بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunSeer. ﴿٧٥﴾
[22:76] He knows their past and their future. To GOD belongs the ultimate control of all matters.
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَاmāwhatبَيْنَbayna between / before*أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands (*before them)وَمَاwamāand what (is)خَلْفَهُمْkhalfahumafter them.وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd toٱللَّهِl-lahiGodتُرْجَعُtur'jaʿu[it] returnsٱلْأُمُورُl-umūruall matters. ﴿٧٦﴾
[22:77] O you who believe, you shall bow, prostrate, worship your Lord, and work righteousness, that you may succeed.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!ٱرْكَعُوا۟ir'kaʿūBow [you all],وَٱسْجُدُوا۟wa-us'judūand prostrate [you all],وَٱعْبُدُوا۟wa-uʿ'budūand worship [you all]رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord,وَٱفْعَلُوا۟wa-if'ʿalūand do / work [you all]ٱلْخَيْرَl-khayra[the] good / righteous,لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūna[you all] succeed. ﴿٧٧﴾
Abraham: Original Messenger of Submission*
[22:78] You shall strive for the cause of GOD as you should strive for His cause. He has chosen you and has placed no hardship on you in practicing your religion - the religion of your father Abraham. He is the one who named you "Submitters" originally. Thus, the messenger shall serve as a witness among you, and you shall serve as witnesses among the people. Therefore, you shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and hold fast to GOD; He is your Lord, the best Lord and the best Supporter.
وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟wajāhidūAnd strive [you all]فِىfīforٱللَّهِl-lahiGodحَقَّḥaqqa (with) due / justified جِهَادِهِۦjihādihiits striving.هُوَhuwaHeٱجْتَبَىٰكُمْij'tabākum[He] chose you [all]وَمَاwamāand notجَعَلَjaʿalaHe placedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]فِىfīinٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religionمِنْminanyحَرَجٍḥarajinhardship.مِّلَّةَmillata(The) religion (of)أَبِيكُمْabīkumyour fatherإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbraham.هُوَhuwaHeسَمَّىٰكُمُsammākumu[he] named you [all]ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīna"[the] Submitters"مِنminfromقَبْلُqablubeforeوَفِىwafīand inهَـٰذَاhādhāthis.لِيَكُونَliyakūnaSo that [he] may beٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe messengerشَهِيدًاshahīdana witnessعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you [all]وَتَكُونُوا۟watakūnūand you [all] (may) beشُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnessesعَلَىʿalāoverٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people.فَأَقِيمُوا۟fa-aqīmūSo establish / observe [you all]ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat),وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give [you all]ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat),وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟wa-iʿ'taṣimūand hold fast [you all]بِٱللَّهِbil-lahito God.هُوَhuwaHe (is)مَوْلَىٰكُمْmawlākumyour Protector / Lord and Masterفَنِعْمَfaniʿ'maso an excellent / bestٱلْمَوْلَىٰl-mawlā[the] Protector / Lord and Masterوَنِعْمَwaniʿ'maand an excellent / bestٱلنَّصِيرُl-naṣīru[the] Helper / Supporter ﴿٧٨﴾
*22:78 Although all messengers preached one and the same message, "Worship God alone," Abraham was the first messenger to coin the terms "Submission" (Islam) and "Submitter" (Muslim) (2:128). What did Abraham contribute to Submission (Islam)? We learn from 16:123 that all religious duties in Submission were revealed through Abraham (see Appendices 9 & 26).