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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

Verse 78of 78

وَجَٰهِدُوا۟ فِى ٱللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِۦ ۚ هُوَ ٱجْتَبَىٰكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍۢ ۚ مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚ هُوَ سَمَّىٰكُمُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ وَفِى هَٰذَا لِيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ فَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ هُوَ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ ٱلنَّصِيرُ﴿٧٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And strive for Allah with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father, Abraham. Allah named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures] and in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zakah and hold fast to Allah. He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper.

Word-by-word meaning

وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟wajāhidūAnd strive
فِىfor
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
حَقَّḥaqqa(with the) striving due (to) Him
جِهَادِهِۦ ۚjihādihi(with the) striving due (to) Him
هُوَhuwaHe
ٱجْتَبَىٰكُمْij'tabākum(has) chosen you
وَمَاwamāand not
جَعَلَjaʿalaplaced
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
فِىin
ٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religion
مِنْminany
حَرَجٍۢ ۚḥarajindifficulty
مِّلَّةَmillata(The) religion
أَبِيكُمْabīkum(of) your father
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚib'rāhīmaIbrahim
هُوَhuwaHe
سَمَّىٰكُمُsammākumunamed you
ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnaMuslims
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
وَفِىwafīand in
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
لِيَكُونَliyakūnathat may be
ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe Messenger
شَهِيدًاshahīdana witness
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
وَتَكُونُوا۟watakūnūand you may be
شُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnesses
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلنَّاسِ ۚl-nāsithe mankind
فَأَقِيمُوا۟fa-aqīmūSo establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟wa-iʿ'taṣimūand hold fast
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahito Allah
هُوَhuwaHe
مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖmawlākum(is) your Protector
فَنِعْمَfaniʿ'maso an Excellent
ٱلْمَوْلَىٰl-mawlā[the] Protector
وَنِعْمَwaniʿ'maand an Excellent
ٱلنَّصِيرُl-naṣīru[the] Helper

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to worship Allah and engage in JihadIt was reported from `Uqbah bin `Amir that the Prophet said:«فُضِّلَتْ سُورَةُ الْحَجِّ بِسَجْدَتَيْنِ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْجُدْهُمَا فَلَا يَقْرَأْهُمَا»(Surat Al-Hajj has been blessed with two Sajdahs, so whoever does not prostrate them should not read them.)وَجَـهِدُوا فِى اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَـدِهِ(And strive hard in Allah's cause as you ought to strive.) means, with your wealth and your tongues and your bodies.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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