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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

Verse 36of 78

وَٱلْبُدْنَ جَعَلْنَٰهَا لَكُم مِّن شَعَٰٓئِرِ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ فِيهَا خَيْرٌۭ ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا صَوَآفَّ ۖ فَإِذَا وَجَبَتْ جُنُوبُهَا فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا۟ ٱلْقَانِعَ وَٱلْمُعْتَرَّ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرْنَٰهَا لَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ﴿٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And the camels and cattle We have appointed for you as among the symbols of Allah; for you therein is good. So mention the name of Allah upon them when lined up [for sacrifice]; and when they are [lifeless] on their sides, then eat from them and feed the needy and the beggar. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may be grateful.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلْبُدْنَwal-bud'naAnd the camels and cattle
جَعَلْنَـٰهَاjaʿalnāhāWe have made them
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنminamong
شَعَـٰٓئِرِshaʿāiri(the) Symbols
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
لَكُمْlakumfor you
فِيهَاfīhātherein
خَيْرٌۭ ۖkhayrun(is) good
فَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurūSo mention
ٱسْمَis'ma(the) name
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāover them
صَوَآفَّ ۖṣawāffa(when) lined up
فَإِذَاfa-idhāand when
وَجَبَتْwajabatare down
جُنُوبُهَاjunūbuhātheir sides
فَكُلُوا۟fakulūthen eat
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom them
وَأَطْعِمُوا۟wa-aṭʿimūand feed
ٱلْقَانِعَl-qāniʿathe needy who do not ask
وَٱلْمُعْتَرَّ ۚwal-muʿ'taraand the needy who ask
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
سَخَّرْنَـٰهَاsakharnāhāWe have subjected them
لَكُمْlakumto you
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnabe grateful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to slaughter the Budn (Sacrificial Camel)Here Allah reminds His servants of the blessing which He has bestowed on His servants, by creating the Budn for them and making them one of His symbols.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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