Surah Al-Hajj 22:78
سُورَةُ الحَجِّ · Medinan · Verse 78 of 78
وَجَٰهِدُوا۟ فِى ٱللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِۦ ۚ هُوَ ٱجْتَبَىٰكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍۢ ۚ مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚ هُوَ سَمَّىٰكُمُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ وَفِى هَٰذَا لِيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ فَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ هُوَ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ ٱلنَّصِيرُ
Translation
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.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Al-Hajj 22:78 is discussed in 22 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- Ease (Yusr) (key verse)
- Fatherhood (Ubuwwah)
- Striving (Jihad)
- Governance (Siyasah)
- Weakness (Da'f)
- Capacity (Istitah)
- Steadfastness (Istiqaamah)
- Dire Necessity (Idtirar)
- The Ummah
- Gradualism (Tadarruj)
- Hajj
- Repelling (Daf')
- Visions (Ru'ya)
- Fitnah
- Expiations (Kaffarat)
- The Self (Nafs)
- Victory (Nasr)
- Loyalty (Wala')
- The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir)
- Uprightness (Salah)
- Prophet Muhammad
- Foreign Relations (Alaqat Dawliyyah)
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