Surah Al-Hajj (الحج) • The Pilgrimage

Quran 22:78

22:78

وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟ فِى ٱللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِۦ ۚ هُوَ ٱجْتَبَىٰكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ۚ مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚ هُوَ سَمَّىٰكُمُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ وَفِى هَـٰذَا لِيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ فَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ هُوَ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ ٱلنَّصِيرُ

wajāhidū fī l-lahi ḥaqqa jihādihi huwa ij'tabākum wamā jaʿala ʿalaykum fī l-dīni min ḥarajin millata abīkum ib'rāhīma huwa sammākumu l-mus'limīna min qablu wafī hādhā liyakūna l-rasūlu shahīdan ʿalaykum watakūnū shuhadāa ʿalā l-nāsi fa-aqīmū l-ṣalata waātū l-zakata wa-iʿ'taṣimū bil-lahi huwa mawlākum faniʿ'ma l-mawlā waniʿ'ma l-naṣīru

And strive for Allāh with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father, Abraham. He [i.e., Allāh] named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures] and in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zakāh and hold fast to Allāh. He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper.

— Saheeh International

Strive hard for God as is His due: He has chosen you and placed no hardship in your religion, the faith of your forefather Abraham. God has called you Muslims––both in the past and in this [message]––so that the Messenger can bear witness about you and so that you can bear witness about other people. So keep up the prayer, give the prescribed alms, and seek refuge in God: He is your protector––an excellent protector and an excellent helper.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And strive hard in Allâh’s Cause as you ought to strive (with sincerity and with all your efforts that His Name should be superior). He has chosen you (to convey His Message of Islâmic Monotheism to mankind by inviting them to His religion of Islâm), and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship: it is the religion of your father Ibrâhîm (Abraham) (Islâmic Monotheism). It is He (Allâh) Who has named you Muslims both before and in this (the Qur’ân), that the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) may be a witness over you and you be witnesses over mankind! So perform As-Salât (Iqamat-as-Salât), give Zakât and hold fast to Allâh [i.e. have confidence in Allâh, and depend upon Him in all your affairs]. He is your Maulâ (Patron, Lord), what an Excellent Maulâ (Patron, Lord) and what an Excellent Helper!

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

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وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟wajāhidūAnd strive
فِىfīfor
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
حَقَّḥaqqa(with the) striving due (to) Him
جِهَادِهِۦۚjihādihi(with the) striving due (to) Him
هُوَhuwaHe
ٱجْتَبَىٰكُمْij'tabākum(has) chosen you
وَمَاwamāand not
جَعَلَjaʿalaplaced
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
فِىfīin
ٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religion
مِنْminany
حَرَجٍۢۚḥarajindifficulty
مِّلَّةَmillata(The) religion
أَبِيكُمْabīkum(of) your father
إِبْرَٰهِيمَۚib'rāhīmaIbrahim
هُوَhuwaHe
سَمَّىٰكُمُsammākumunamed you
ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnaMuslims
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
وَفِىwafīand in
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
لِيَكُونَliyakūnathat may be
ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe Messenger
شَهِيدًاshahīdana witness
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
وَتَكُونُوا۟watakūnūand you may be
شُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnesses
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلنَّاسِۚl-nāsithe mankind
فَأَقِيمُوا۟fa-aqīmūSo establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟wa-iʿ'taṣimūand hold fast
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahito Allah
هُوَhuwaHe
مَوْلَىٰكُمْۖmawlākum(is) your Protector
فَنِعْمَfaniʿ'maso an Excellent
ٱلْمَوْلَىٰl-mawlā[the] Protector
وَنِعْمَwaniʿ'maand an Excellent
ٱلنَّصِيرُl-naṣīru[the] Helper