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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 196of 286

وَأَتِمُّوا۟ ٱلْحَجَّ وَٱلْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ ۚ فَإِنْ أُحْصِرْتُمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ ٱلْهَدْىِ ۖ وَلَا تَحْلِقُوا۟ رُءُوسَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ ٱلْهَدْىُ مَحِلَّهُۥ ۚ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ بِهِۦٓ أَذًۭى مِّن رَّأْسِهِۦ فَفِدْيَةٌۭ مِّن صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُكٍۢ ۚ فَإِذَآ أَمِنتُمْ فَمَن تَمَتَّعَ بِٱلْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى ٱلْحَجِّ فَمَا ٱسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ ٱلْهَدْىِ ۚ فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَٰثَةِ أَيَّامٍۢ فِى ٱلْحَجِّ وَسَبْعَةٍ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ ۗ تِلْكَ عَشَرَةٌۭ كَامِلَةٌۭ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن لَّمْ يَكُنْ أَهْلُهُۥ حَاضِرِى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ﴿١٩٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And complete the Hajj and 'umrah for Allah. But if you are prevented, then [offer] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached its place of slaughter. And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head [making shaving necessary must offer] a ransom of fasting [three days] or charity or sacrifice. And when you are secure, then whoever performs 'umrah [during the Hajj months] followed by Hajj [offers] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And whoever cannot find [or afford such an animal] - then a fast of three days during Hajj and of seven when you have returned [home]. Those are ten complete [days]. This is for those whose family is not in the area of al-Masjid al-Haram. And fear Allah and know that Allah is severe in penalty.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَتِمُّوا۟wa-atimmūAnd complete
ٱلْحَجَّl-ḥajathe Hajj
وَٱلْعُمْرَةَwal-ʿum'rataand the Umrah
لِلَّهِ ۚlillahifor Allah
فَإِنْfa-inAnd if
أُحْصِرْتُمْuḥ'ṣir'tumyou are held back
فَمَاfamāthen (offer) whatever
ٱسْتَيْسَرَis'taysara(can be) obtained with ease
مِنَminaof
ٱلْهَدْىِ ۖl-hadyithe sacrificial animal
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَحْلِقُوا۟taḥliqūshave
رُءُوسَكُمْruūsakumyour heads
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَبْلُغَyablughareaches
ٱلْهَدْىُl-hadyuthe sacrificial animal
مَحِلَّهُۥ ۚmaḥillahu(to) its destination
فَمَنfamanThen whoever
كَانَkānais
مِنكُمminkumamong you
مَّرِيضًاmarīḍanill
أَوْawor
بِهِۦٓbihihe (has)
أَذًۭىadhanan ailment
مِّنminof
رَّأْسِهِۦrasihihis head
فَفِدْيَةٌۭfafid'yatunthen a ransom
مِّنminof
صِيَامٍṣiyāminfasting
أَوْawor
صَدَقَةٍṣadaqatincharity
أَوْawor
نُسُكٍۢ ۚnusukinsacrifice
فَإِذَآfa-idhāThen when
أَمِنتُمْamintumyou are secure
فَمَنfamanthen whoever
تَمَتَّعَtamattaʿatook advantage
بِٱلْعُمْرَةِbil-ʿum'ratiof the Umrah
إِلَىilāfollowed
ٱلْحَجِّl-ḥaji(by) the Hajj
فَمَاfamāthen (offer) whatever
ٱسْتَيْسَرَis'taysara(can be) obtained with ease
مِنَminaof
ٱلْهَدْىِ ۚl-hadyithe sacrificial animal
فَمَنfamanBut whoever
لَّمْlam(can) not
يَجِدْyajidfind
فَصِيَامُfaṣiyāmuthen a fast
ثَلَـٰثَةِthalāthati(of) three
أَيَّامٍۢayyāmindays
فِىduring
ٱلْحَجِّl-ḥajithe Hajj
وَسَبْعَةٍwasabʿatinand seven (days)
إِذَاidhāwhen
رَجَعْتُمْ ۗrajaʿtumyou return
تِلْكَtil'kaThis
عَشَرَةٌۭʿasharatun(is) ten (days)
كَامِلَةٌۭ ۗkāmilatunin all
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
لِمَنliman(is) for (the one) whose
لَّمْlamnot
يَكُنْyakunis
أَهْلُهُۥahluhuhis family
حَاضِرِىḥāḍirīpresent
ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi(near) Al-Masjid
ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
شَدِيدُshadīdu(is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi(in) retribution

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to complete Hajj and `UmrahAfter Allah mentioned the rulings for fasting and Jihad, he explained the rituals by commanding the Muslims to complete Hajj and `Umrah, meaning, to finish the rituals of Hajj and `Umrah after one starts them. This is why Allah said afterwards:فَإِنْ أُحْصِرْتُمْ(But if you are prevented) meaning, if your way to the House is obstructed, and you are prevented from finishing it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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