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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 198of 286

لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۚ فَإِذَآ أَفَضْتُم مِّنْ عَرَفَٰتٍۢ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عِندَ ٱلْمَشْعَرِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖ وَٱذْكُرُوهُ كَمَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَإِن كُنتُم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ﴿١٩٨

Translation (Sahih International)

There is no blame upon you for seeking bounty from your Lord [during Hajj]. But when you depart from 'Arafat, remember Allah at al- Mash'ar al-Haram. And remember Him, as He has guided you, for indeed, you were before that among those astray.

Word-by-word meaning

لَيْسَlaysaNot is
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you
جُنَاحٌjunāḥunany sin
أَنanthat
تَبْتَغُوا۟tabtaghūyou seek
فَضْلًۭاfaḍlanbounty
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْ ۚrabbikumyour Lord
فَإِذَآfa-idhāAnd when
أَفَضْتُمafaḍtumyou depart
مِّنْminfrom
عَرَفَـٰتٍۢʿarafātin(Mount) Arafat
فَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurūthen remember
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عِندَʿindanear
ٱلْمَشْعَرِl-mashʿarithe Monument
ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖl-ḥarāmi[the] Sacred
وَٱذْكُرُوهُwa-udh'kurūhuAnd remember Him
كَمَاkamāas
هَدَىٰكُمْhadākumHe (has) guided you
وَإِنwa-in[and] though
كُنتُمkuntumyou were
مِّنmin[from]
قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore [it]
لَمِنَlaminasurely among
ٱلضَّآلِّينَl-ḍālīnathose who went astray

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Commercial Transactions during HajjAl-Bukhari reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "`Ukaz, Mijannah and Dhul-Majaz were trading posts during the time of Jahiliyyah. During that era, they did not like the idea of conducting business transactions during the Hajj season. Later, this Ayah was revealed:لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَبْتَغُواْ فَضْلاً مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ(There is no sin on you if you seek the bounty of your Lord.) during the Hajj season.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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