Quran 2:197 — Al-Baqara, verse 197
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The pilgrimage takes place during the prescribed months. There should be no indecent speech, misbehaviour, or quarrelling for anyone undertaking the pilgrimage- whatever good you do, God is well aware of it. Provide well for yourselves: the best provision is to be mindful of God- always be mindful of Me, you who have understanding-
الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَعْلُومَاتٌ ۚ فَمَنْ فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ الْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِي الْحَجِّ ۗ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ اللَّهُ ۗ وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَىٰ ۚ وَاتَّقُونِ يَا أُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ
al-ḥaju ashhurun maʿlūmātun faman faraḍa fīhinna l-ḥaja falā rafatha walā fusūqa walā jidāla fī l-ḥaji wamā tafʿalū min khayrin yaʿlamhu l-lahu watazawwadū fa-inna khayra l-zādi l-taqwā wa-ittaqūni yāulī l-albābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The Pilgrimage is in months well-known; whoso undertakes the duty of Pilgrimage in them shall not go in to his womenfolk nor indulge in ungodliness and disputing in the Pilgrimage. Whatever good you do, God knows it. And take provision; but the best provision is godfearing, so fear you Me, men possessed of minds!
- Muhammad Asad
- The pilgrimage shall take place in the months appointed for it. And whoever undertakes the pilgrimage in those [months] shall, while on pilgrimage, abstain from lewd speech, from all wicked conduct, and from quarrelling; and whatever good you may do, God is aware of it. And make provision for yourselves - but, verily, the best of all provisions is God-consciousness: remain, then, conscious of Me, O you who are endowed with insight!
- Sahih International
- Ḥajj is [during] well-known months, so whoever has made ḥajj obligatory upon himself therein [by entering the state of iḥrām], there is [to be for him] no sexual relations and no disobedience and no disputing during ḥajj. And whatever good you do - Allāh knows it. And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is fear of Allāh. And fear Me, O you of understanding.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلْحَجُّal-ḥaju | (For) the Hajj | حجج |
| 2 | أَشْهُرٌۭashhurun | (are) months | شهر |
| 3 | مَّعْلُومَـٰتٌۭ ۚmaʿlūmātun | well known | علم |
| 4 | فَمَنfaman | then whoever | — |
| 5 | فَرَضَfaraḍa | undertakes | فرض |
| 6 | فِيهِنَّfīhinna | therein | — |
| 7 | ٱلْحَجَّl-ḥaja | the Hajj | حجج |
| 8 | فَلَاfalā | then no | — |
| 9 | رَفَثَrafatha | sexual relations | رفث |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and no | — |
| 11 | فُسُوقَfusūqa | wickedness | فسق |
| 12 | وَلَاwalā | and no | — |
| 13 | جِدَالَjidāla | quarrelling | جدل |
| 14 | فِىfī | during | — |
| 15 | ٱلْحَجِّ ۗl-ḥaji | the Hajj | حجج |
| 16 | وَمَاwamā | And whatever | — |
| 17 | تَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalū | you do | فعل |
| 18 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 19 | خَيْرٍۢkhayrin | good | خير |
| 20 | يَعْلَمْهُyaʿlamhu | knows it | علم |
| 21 | ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 22 | وَتَزَوَّدُوا۟watazawwadū | And take provision | زود |
| 23 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | (but) indeed | — |
| 24 | خَيْرَkhayra | (the) best | خير |
| 25 | ٱلزَّادِl-zādi | provision | زود |
| 26 | ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚl-taqwā | (is) righteousness | وقي |
| 27 | وَٱتَّقُونِwa-ittaqūni | And fear Me | وقي |
| 28 | يَـٰٓأُو۟لِىyāulī | O men | أول |
| 29 | ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi | (of) understanding | لبب |