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Al-Hajj 33

Ayah 33 of 78 · Medinan

لَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗى ثُمَّ مَحِلُّهَآ إِلَى ٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡعَتِيقِ ٣٣

For you therein [i.e., the animals marked for sacrifice] are benefits for a specified term;1 then their place of sacrifice is at the ancient House.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., they may be milked or ridden (in the case of camels) before the time of slaughter.

2 i.e., within the boundaries of the Ḥaram, which includes Minā.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَكُمۡFor youlakum
  2. فِيهَاthereinfīhā
  3. مَنَٰفِعُ(are) benefitsmanāfiʿu
  4. إِلَىٰٓforilā
  5. أَجَلٖa termajalin
  6. مُّسَمّٗىappointedmusamman
  7. ثُمَّthenthumma
  8. مَحِلُّهَآtheir place of sacrificemaḥilluhā
  9. إِلَى(is) atilā
  10. ٱلۡبَيۡتِthe Housel-bayti
  11. ٱلۡعَتِيقِthe Ancientl-ʿatīqi

Tafsir

For you in the sacrificial animals that you slaughter at the House are benefits, such as riding, wool, procreation, milk, until a limited time to the time of their slaughter near the House of Allah which He freed from the control of tyrants.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran