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Al-Baqarah 198

Ayah 198 of 286 · Medinan

لَيۡسَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَبۡتَغُواْ فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۚ فَإِذَآ أَفَضۡتُم مِّنۡ عَرَفَٰتٖ فَٱذۡكُرُواْ ٱللَّهَ عِندَ ٱلۡمَشۡعَرِ ٱلۡحَرَامِۖ وَٱذۡكُرُوهُ كَمَا هَدَىٰكُمۡ وَإِن كُنتُم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ١٩٨

There is no blame upon you for seeking bounty1 from your Lord [during ḥajj]. But when you depart from ʿArafāt, remember Allāh at al-Mashʿar al-Ḥarām.2 And remember Him, as He has guided you, for indeed, you were before that among those astray.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., profit from trade or business.

2 Which is in Muzdalifah.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَيۡسَNot islaysa
  2. عَلَيۡكُمۡon youʿalaykum
  3. جُنَاحٌany sinjunāḥun
  4. أَنthatan
  5. تَبۡتَغُواْyou seektabtaghū
  6. فَضۡلٗاbountyfaḍlan
  7. مِّنfrommin
  8. رَّبِّكُمۡۚyour Lordrabbikum
  9. فَإِذَآAnd whenfa-idhā
  10. أَفَضۡتُمyou departafaḍtum
  11. مِّنۡfrommin
  12. عَرَفَٰتٖ(Mount) Arafatʿarafātin
  13. فَٱذۡكُرُواْthen rememberfa-udh'kurū
  14. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  15. عِندَnearʿinda
  16. ٱلۡمَشۡعَرِthe Monumentl-mashʿari
  17. ٱلۡحَرَامِۖ[the] Sacredl-ḥarāmi
  18. وَٱذۡكُرُوهُAnd remember Himwa-udh'kurūhu
  19. كَمَاaskamā
  20. هَدَىٰكُمۡHe (has) guided youhadākum
  21. وَإِن[and] thoughwa-in
  22. كُنتُمyou werekuntum
  23. مِّن[from]min
  24. قَبۡلِهِۦbefore [it]qablihi
  25. لَمِنَsurely amonglamina
  26. ٱلضَّآلِّينَthose who went astrayl-ḍālīna

Tafsir

There is no sin in seeking lawful provision by trading or other ways during the Hajj. When you leave Arafat after having spent the day there on the 9th of Dhū Al-Ḥijjah, and when you head towards Muzdalifah on the night before the 10th of Dhū Al-Ḥijjah, remember Allah by glorifying and praising Him and by praying to Him at the sacred place in Muzdalifah. Remember that Allah has guided you to the teachings of His path, and the acts of Hajj to His House: you were unaware of the sacred laws before this.

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