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Al-Hajj 28

Ayah 28 of 78 · Medinan

لِّيَشۡهَدُواْ مَنَٰفِعَ لَهُمۡ وَيَذۡكُرُواْ ٱسۡمَ ٱللَّهِ فِيٓ أَيَّامٖ مَّعۡلُومَٰتٍ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِۖ فَكُلُواْ مِنۡهَا وَأَطۡعِمُواْ ٱلۡبَآئِسَ ٱلۡفَقِيرَ ٢٨

That they may witness [i.e., attend] benefits for themselves and mention the name of Allāh on known [i.e., specific] days over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals.1 So eat of them and feed the miserable and poor.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Al-anʿām: camels, cattle, sheep and goats.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لِّيَشۡهَدُواْThat they may witnessliyashhadū
  2. مَنَٰفِعَbenefitsmanāfiʿa
  3. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  4. وَيَذۡكُرُواْand mentionwayadhkurū
  5. ٱسۡمَ(the) nameis'ma
  6. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  7. فِيٓonfī
  8. أَيَّامٖdaysayyāmin
  9. مَّعۡلُومَٰتٍknownmaʿlūmātin
  10. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  11. مَاwhatmā
  12. رَزَقَهُمHe has provided themrazaqahum
  13. مِّنۢofmin
  14. بَهِيمَةِ(the) beastbahīmati
  15. ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِۖ(of) cattlel-anʿāmi
  16. فَكُلُواْSo eatfakulū
  17. مِنۡهَاof themmin'hā
  18. وَأَطۡعِمُواْand feedwa-aṭʿimū
  19. ٱلۡبَآئِسَthe miserablel-bāisa
  20. ٱلۡفَقِيرَthe poorl-faqīra

Tafsir

So that they come to what will bring them benefit such as forgiveness of sins, attaining reward, unity of word, and so forth; and so that they remember Allah on the animals they slaughter in the known days, which are: the tenth of Dhu’l-Hijjah and three days after it, in gratitude to Allah for the camels, cows and sheep He granted them. So eat of these animals and feed from them those who are extremely poor.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran