Surah Al-Hajj (الحج) • The Pilgrimage

Quran 22:36

22:36

وَٱلْبُدْنَ جَعَلْنَـٰهَا لَكُم مِّن شَعَـٰٓئِرِ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا صَوَآفَّ ۖ فَإِذَا وَجَبَتْ جُنُوبُهَا فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا۟ ٱلْقَانِعَ وَٱلْمُعْتَرَّ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرْنَـٰهَا لَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

wal-bud'na jaʿalnāhā lakum min shaʿāiri l-lahi lakum fīhā khayrun fa-udh'kurū is'ma l-lahi ʿalayhā ṣawāffa fa-idhā wajabat junūbuhā fakulū min'hā wa-aṭʿimū l-qāniʿa wal-muʿ'tara kadhālika sakharnāhā lakum laʿallakum tashkurūna

And the camels and cattle We have appointed for you as among the symbols [i.e., rites] of Allāh; for you therein is good. So mention the name of Allāh upon them when lined up [for sacrifice]; and when they are [lifeless] on their sides, then eat from them and feed the needy [who does not seek aid] and the beggar. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may be grateful.

— Saheeh International

We have made camels part of God’s sacred rites for you. There is much good in them for you, so invoke God’s name over them as they are lined up for sacrifice, then, when they have fallen down dead, feed yourselves and those who do not ask, as well as those who do. We have subjected them to you in this way so that you may be thankful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the Budn (cows, oxen, or camels driven to be offered as sacrifices by the pilgrims at the sanctuary of Makkah) We have made them for you as among the Symbols of Allâh, wherein you have much good. So mention the Name of Allâh over them when they are drawn up in lines (for sacrifice). Then, when they are down on their sides (after slaughter), eat thereof, and feed the poor who does not ask (men), and the beggar who asks (men). Thus have We made them subject to you that you may be grateful.

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

Juz 17Page 336medinan

Word by Word

وَٱلْبُدْنَwal-bud'naAnd the camels and cattle
جَعَلْنَـٰهَاjaʿalnāhāWe have made them
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنminamong
شَعَـٰٓئِرِshaʿāiri(the) Symbols
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
لَكُمْlakumfor you
فِيهَاfīhātherein
خَيْرٌۭۖkhayrun(is) good
فَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurūSo mention
ٱسْمَis'ma(the) name
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāover them
صَوَآفَّۖṣawāffa(when) lined up
فَإِذَاfa-idhāand when
وَجَبَتْwajabatare down
جُنُوبُهَاjunūbuhātheir sides
فَكُلُوا۟fakulūthen eat
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom them
وَأَطْعِمُوا۟wa-aṭʿimūand feed
ٱلْقَانِعَl-qāniʿathe needy who do not ask
وَٱلْمُعْتَرَّۚwal-muʿ'taraand the needy who ask
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
سَخَّرْنَـٰهَاsakharnāhāWe have subjected them
لَكُمْlakumto you
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnabe grateful