Quran 22:37 — Al-Hajj, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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:
لَنْ يَنَالَ اللَّهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَاؤُهَا وَلَـٰكِنْ يَنَالُهُ التَّقْوَىٰ مِنْكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمْ لِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَاكُمْ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The flesh of them shall not reach God, neither their blood, but godliness from you shall reach Him. So He has subjected them to you, that you may magnify God for that He has guided you. And give thou good tidings unto the good-doers.
- Muhammad Asad
- [But bear in mind:] never does their flesh reach God, and neither their blood: it is only your God-consciousness that reaches Him. It is to this end that We have made them subservient to your needs, so that you might glorify God for all the guidance with which He has graced you. And give thou this glad tiding unto the doers of good:
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَنlan | Will not | — |
| 2 | يَنَالَyanāla | reach | نيل |
| 3 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 4 | لُحُومُهَاluḥūmuhā | their meat | لحم |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 6 | دِمَآؤُهَاdimāuhā | their blood | دمو |
| 7 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | but | — |
| 8 | يَنَالُهُyanāluhu | reaches Him | نيل |
| 9 | ٱلتَّقْوَىٰl-taqwā | the piety | وقي |
| 10 | مِنكُمْ ۚminkum | from you | — |
| 11 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 12 | سَخَّرَهَاsakharahā | He subjected them | سخر |
| 13 | لَكُمْlakum | to you | — |
| 14 | لِتُكَبِّرُوا۟litukabbirū | so that you may magnify | كبر |
| 15 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 16 | عَلَىٰʿalā | for | — |
| 17 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 18 | هَدَىٰكُمْ ۗhadākum | He has guided you | هدي |
| 19 | وَبَشِّرِwabashiri | And give glad tidings | بشر |
| 20 | ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna | (to) the good-doers | حسن |