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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

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ٱلَّذِينَ إِن مَّكَّنَّٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَمَرُوا۟ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهَوْا۟ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗ وَلِلَّهِ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْأُمُورِ﴿٤١

Translation (Sahih International)

[And they are] those who, if We give them authority in the land, establish prayer and give zakah and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. And to Allah belongs the outcome of [all] matters.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
إِنinif
مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْmakkannāhumWe establish them
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
أَقَامُوا۟aqāmūthey establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَءَاتَوُا۟waātawūand they give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
وَأَمَرُوا۟wa-amarūand they enjoin
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfithe right
وَنَهَوْا۟wanahawand forbid
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗl-munkarithe wrong
وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for Allah
عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(is the) end
ٱلْأُمُورِl-umūri(of) the matters

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Duties of the Muslims when They attain PowerIbn Abi Hatim recorded that `Uthman bin `Affan said, "The Ayah:الَّذِينَ إِنْ مَّكَّنَّـهُمْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ أَقَامُواْ الصَّلَوةَ وَآتَوُاْ الزَّكَـوةَ وَأَمَرُواْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهَوْاْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ(Those who, if We give them power in the land, (they) establish the Salah, enforce the Zakah, and they enjoin the good and forbid the evil.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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