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Verse 197of 286

ٱلْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌۭ مَّعْلُومَٰتٌۭ ۚ فَمَن فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ ٱلْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِى ٱلْحَجِّ ۗ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍۢ يَعْلَمْهُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَتَزَوَّدُوا۟ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ ٱلزَّادِ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚ وَٱتَّقُونِ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ﴿١٩٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Hajj is [during] well-known months, so whoever has made Hajj obligatory upon himself therein [by entering the state of ihram], there is [to be for him] no sexual relations and no disobedience and no disputing during Hajj. And whatever good you do - Allah knows it. And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is fear of Allah. And fear Me, O you of understanding.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلْحَجُّal-ḥaju(For) the Hajj
أَشْهُرٌۭashhurun(are) months
مَّعْلُومَـٰتٌۭ ۚmaʿlūmātunwell known
فَمَنfamanthen whoever
فَرَضَfaraḍaundertakes
فِيهِنَّfīhinnatherein
ٱلْحَجَّl-ḥajathe Hajj
فَلَاfalāthen no
رَفَثَrafathasexual relations
وَلَاwalāand no
فُسُوقَfusūqawickedness
وَلَاwalāand no
جِدَالَjidālaquarrelling
فِىduring
ٱلْحَجِّ ۗl-ḥajithe Hajj
وَمَاwamāAnd whatever
تَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou do
مِنْminof
خَيْرٍۢkhayringood
يَعْلَمْهُyaʿlamhuknows it
ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahuAllah
وَتَزَوَّدُوا۟watazawwadūAnd take provision
فَإِنَّfa-inna(but) indeed
خَيْرَkhayra(the) best
ٱلزَّادِl-zādiprovision
ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚl-taqwā(is) righteousness
وَٱتَّقُونِwa-ittaqūniAnd fear Me
يَـٰٓأُو۟لِىyāulīO men
ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi(of) understanding

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

When does Ihram for Hajj startAllah said:الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَـتٌ(The Hajj is (in) the well-known months.)This Ayah indicates that Ihram for Hajj only occurs during the months of Hajj. This was reported from Ibn `Abbas, Jabir, `Ata', Tawus and Mujahid. The proof for this is Allah's statement that Hajj occurs during known, specific months, which indicates that Hajj is not allowed before that, just as the prayer has a fixed time (before which one's prayer is not accepted).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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