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22. Al-HajjThe Pilgrimage

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

22:1

O mankindO mankindFearﱄﱅyour LordIndeed(the) convulsion(of) the Hour(is) a thinggreat(1)

O humanity! Fear your Lord, for the ˹violent˺ quaking at the Hour is surely a dreadful thing.

22:2

(The) Dayyou will see itwill forgeteverynursing motherthat whichshe was nursingand will delivereverypregnant womanpregnant womanher loadand you will see[the] mankindintoxicatedwhile notthey(are) intoxicatedbut(the) punishment(of) Allah(will be) severe(2)

The Day you see it, every nursing mother will abandon what she is nursing, and every pregnant woman will deliver her burden ˹prematurely˺. And you will see people ˹as if they were˺ drunk, though they will not be drunk; but the torment of Allah is ˹terribly˺ severe.

22:3

And amongthe mankind(is he) whodisputesconcerningAllahwithoutknowledgeand followseverydevilrebellious(3)

˹Still˺ there are some who dispute about Allah without knowledge, and follow every rebellious devil.

22:4

It has been decreedfor himthat hewhobefriends himthen indeed, hewill misguide himand will guide himto(the) punishment(of) the Blaze(4)

It has been decreed for such devils that whoever takes them as a guide will be misguided and led by them into the torment of the Blaze.

22:5

O mankindO mankindIfﱿyou areindoubtaboutthe Resurrectionthen indeed, WeWe created youfromdustthenfroma semen-dropthenfroma clinging substancethenfroman embryonic lumpformedand unformedand unformedthat We may make clearﲕﲖto youAnd We cause to remaininthe wombswhatWe willfora termappointedthenWe bring you out(as) a child[then]that you may reachﲤﲥ[your] maturityAnd among you(is he) whodiesand among you(is he) whois returnedtothe most abjectageso that nothe knowsafterafterhaving knownﲴﲵanythingAnd you seethe earthbarrenthen whenWe send downon itwaterit gets stirredand it swellsﲿand growsofeverykindbeautiful(5)

O humanity! If you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then ˹know that˺ We did create you1 from dust, then from a sperm-drop,2 then ˹developed you into˺ a clinging clot,3 then a lump of flesh4—fully formed or unformed5—in order to demonstrate ˹Our power˺ to you. ˹Then˺ We settle whatever ˹embryo˺ We will in the womb for an appointed term, then bring you forth as infants, so that you may reach your prime. Some of you ˹may˺ die ˹young˺, while others are left to reach the most feeble stage of life so that they may know nothing after having known much. And you see the earth lifeless, but as soon as We send down rain upon it, it begins to stir ˹to life˺ and swell, producing every type of pleasant plant.