Quran 22:28 — Al-Hajj, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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-
لِيَشْهَدُوا مَنَافِعَ لَهُمْ وَيَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ فِي أَيَّامٍ مَعْلُومَاتٍ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُمْ مِنْ بَهِيمَةِ الْأَنْعَامِ ۖ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا الْبَائِسَ الْفَقِيرَ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- that they may witness things profitable to them and mention God's Name on days well-known over such beasts of the flocks as He has provided them: "So eat thereof, and feed the wretched poor."
- Muhammad Asad
- so that they might experience much that shall be of benefit to them, and that they might extol the name of God on the days appointed [for sacrifice], over whatever heads of cattle He may have provided for them [to this end]: eat, then, thereof, and feed the unfortunate poor.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِّيَشْهَدُوا۟liyashhadū | That they may witness | شهد |
| 2 | مَنَـٰفِعَmanāfiʿa | benefits | نفع |
| 3 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 4 | وَيَذْكُرُوا۟wayadhkurū | and mention | ذكر |
| 5 | ٱسْمَis'ma | (the) name | سمو |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 7 | فِىٓfī | on | — |
| 8 | أَيَّامٍۢayyāmin | days | يوم |
| 9 | مَّعْلُومَـٰتٍmaʿlūmātin | known | علم |
| 10 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 11 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 12 | رَزَقَهُمrazaqahum | He has provided them | رزق |
| 13 | مِّنۢmin | of | — |
| 14 | بَهِيمَةِbahīmati | (the) beast | بهم |
| 15 | ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖl-anʿāmi | (of) cattle | نعم |
| 16 | فَكُلُوا۟fakulū | So eat | أكل |
| 17 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | of them | — |
| 18 | وَأَطْعِمُوا۟wa-aṭʿimū | and feed | طعم |
| 19 | ٱلْبَآئِسَl-bāisa | the miserable | بأس |
| 20 | ٱلْفَقِيرَl-faqīra | the poor | فقر |