Surah Al-Hajj (الحج) • The Pilgrimage

Quran 22:28

22:28

لِّيَشْهَدُوا۟ مَنَـٰفِعَ لَهُمْ وَيَذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ مَّعْلُومَـٰتٍ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖ فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا۟ ٱلْبَآئِسَ ٱلْفَقِيرَ

liyashhadū manāfiʿa lahum wayadhkurū is'ma l-lahi fī ayyāmin maʿlūmātin ʿalā mā razaqahum min bahīmati l-anʿāmi fakulū min'hā wa-aṭʿimū l-bāisa l-faqīra

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. So eat of them and feed the miserable and poor.

— Saheeh International

to attain benefits and celebrate God’s name, on specified days, over the livestock He has provided for them- feed yourselves and the poor and unfortunate-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

That they may witness things that are of benefit to them (i.e. reward of Hajj in the Hereafter, and also some worldly gain from trade), and mention the Name of Allâh on appointed days (i.e. 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th day of Dhul-Hijjah), over the beast of cattle that He has provided for them (for sacrifice), [at the time of their slaughtering by saying: (Bismillah, Wallâhu-Akbar, Allâhumma Minka wa Ilaik).] Then eat thereof and feed therewith the poor having a hard time.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 17Page 335medinan

Word by Word

لِّيَشْهَدُوا۟liyashhadūThat they may witness
مَنَـٰفِعَmanāfiʿabenefits
لَهُمْlahumfor them
وَيَذْكُرُوا۟wayadhkurūand mention
ٱسْمَis'ma(the) name
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
فِىٓfīon
أَيَّامٍۢayyāmindays
مَّعْلُومَـٰتٍmaʿlūmātinknown
عَلَىٰʿalāover
مَاmāwhat
رَزَقَهُمrazaqahumHe has provided them
مِّنۢminof
بَهِيمَةِbahīmati(the) beast
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِۖl-anʿāmi(of) cattle
فَكُلُوا۟fakulūSo eat
مِنْهَاmin'hāof them
وَأَطْعِمُوا۟wa-aṭʿimūand feed
ٱلْبَآئِسَl-bāisathe miserable
ٱلْفَقِيرَl-faqīrathe poor