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Al-Hajj 37

Ayah 37 of 78 · Medinan

لَن يَنَالَ ٱللَّهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَآؤُهَا وَلَٰكِن يَنَالُهُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ مِنكُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمۡ لِتُكَبِّرُواْ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمۡۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٣٧

Their meat will not reach Allāh, nor will their blood, but what reaches Him is piety from you. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may glorify Allāh for that [to] which He has guided you; and give good tidings to the doers of good.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَنWill notlan
  2. يَنَالَreachyanāla
  3. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  4. لُحُومُهَاtheir meatluḥūmuhā
  5. وَلَاand notwalā
  6. دِمَآؤُهَاtheir blooddimāuhā
  7. وَلَٰكِنbutwalākin
  8. يَنَالُهُreaches Himyanāluhu
  9. ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰthe pietyl-taqwā
  10. مِنكُمۡۚfrom youminkum
  11. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  12. سَخَّرَهَاHe subjected themsakharahā
  13. لَكُمۡto youlakum
  14. لِتُكَبِّرُواْso that you may magnifylitukabbirū
  15. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  16. عَلَىٰforʿalā
  17. مَاwhatmā
  18. هَدَىٰكُمۡۗHe has guided youhadākum
  19. وَبَشِّرِAnd give glad tidingswabashiri
  20. ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ(to) the good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna

Tafsir

Neither does the meat of the sacrificial animals you present nor their blood ever reach Allah, nor is it raised towards Him, but rather your mindfulness of Allah therein is raised towards Him, through your being sincere to Him in your obedience to seek closeness to Him through it. In that way, Allah made them submissive to you, so that you proclaim Allah’s greatness, thanking Him for the truth He has guided you to. O Messenger, inform those who are excellent in worshipping their Lord and in dealing with His creation what will make them happy.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran