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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Hajj 22:37

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

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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

لن ينال اللهَ مِن لحوم هذه الذبائح ولا من دمائها شيء، ولكن يناله الإخلاص فيها، وأن يكون القصد بها وجه الله وحده، كذلك ذللها لكم -أيها المتقربون-؛ لتعظموا الله، وتشكروا له على ما هداكم من الحق، فإنه أهلٌ لذلك. وبشِّر -أيها النبي- المحسنين بعبادة الله وحده والمحسنين إلى خلقه بكل خير وفلاح.

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