Surah Al-Hajj (الحج) • The Pilgrimage

Quran 22:37

22:37

لَن يَنَالَ ٱللَّهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَآؤُهَا وَلَـٰكِن يَنَالُهُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ مِنكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمْ لِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

lan yanāla l-laha luḥūmuhā walā dimāuhā walākin yanāluhu l-taqwā minkum kadhālika sakharahā lakum litukabbirū l-laha ʿalā mā hadākum wabashiri l-muḥ'sinīna

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.

— Saheeh International

It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches God but your piety. He has subjected them to you in this way so that you may glorify God for having guided you. Give good news to those who do good:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches Allâh, but it is piety from you that reaches Him. Thus have We made them subject to you that you may magnify Allâh for His Guidance to you. And give glad tidings (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to the Muhsinûn (doers of good).

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

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Word by Word

لَنlanWill not
يَنَالَyanālareach
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لُحُومُهَاluḥūmuhātheir meat
وَلَاwalāand not
دِمَآؤُهَاdimāuhātheir blood
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
يَنَالُهُyanāluhureaches Him
ٱلتَّقْوَىٰl-taqwāthe piety
مِنكُمْۚminkumfrom you
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
سَخَّرَهَاsakharahāHe subjected them
لَكُمْlakumto you
لِتُكَبِّرُوا۟litukabbirūso that you may magnify
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalāfor
مَاmāwhat
هَدَىٰكُمْۗhadākumHe has guided you
وَبَشِّرِwabashiriAnd give glad tidings
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(to) the good-doers