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Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 1

سورة الحج، الآية ١

22:1 Juz 17 Hizb 34 Page 332 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 22:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ شَىْءٌ عَظِيمٌ ۝١

Transliteration

yāayyuhā l-nāsu ittaqū rabbakum inna zalzalata l-sāʿati shayon ʿaẓīmun

Translation

O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing.

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Verse 1 of Surah Al-Hajj (22:1), a Medinan surah, is in juz 17, on page 332 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 1

Al-Mukhtasar

O people, be mindful of your Lord by carrying out what He has ordered you and desisting from what He has forbidden you. The earthquake and other horrors that will accompany the Day of Judgment are a grave matter, for which it is necessary to prepare through actions which please Allah.

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Other translations of verse 1

O people, fear your Lord; the earthquake of the Hour is something dreadful.

O mankind! Fear your Lord and be dutiful to Him! Verily, the earthquake of the Hour (of Judgement) is a terrible thing.

O mankind! Fear your Lord. Lo! the earthquake of the Hour (of Doom) is a tremendous thing.

O mankind! fear your Lord! for the convulsion of the Hour (of Judgment) will be a thing terrible!

O people! guard against (the punishment from) your Lord; surely the violence of the hour is a grievous thing.

O you mankind, be pious to your Lord; surely the earthquake of the Hour is a tremendous thing.

Verse 1 word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O mankind أ ي ي
  2. ٱلنَّاسُ l-nāsu O mankind أ ن س
  3. ٱتَّقُوا۟ ittaqū Fear و ق ي
  4. رَبَّكُمْ rabbakum your Lord ر ب ب
  5. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  6. زَلْزَلَةَ zalzalata (the) convulsion ز ل ز ل
  7. ٱلسَّاعَةِ l-sāʿati (of) the Hour س و ع
  8. شَىْءٌ shayon (is) a thing ش ي أ
  9. عَظِيمٌ ʿaẓīmun great ع ظ م

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6530

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah will say, 'O Adam!. Adam will reply, 'Labbaik and Sa`daik (I respond to Your Calls, I am obedient to Your orders), wal Khair fi Yadaik (and all the good is in Your Hands)!' Then Allah will say (to Adam), Bring out the people of the Fire.' Adam will say, 'What (how many)…

يَا آدَمُ‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَالْخَيْرُ فِي يَدَيْكَ‏.‏ قَالَ يَقُولُ أَخْرِجْ بَعْثَ النَّارِ‏.‏ قَالَ وَمَا بَعْثُ النَّارِ قَالَ مِنْ كُلِّ أَلْفٍ تِسْعَمِائَةٍ وَتِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ‏.‏ فَذَاكَ…

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri + 4 other versions

Weak Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3168

when (the following) was revealed: "O mankind! Have Taqwa of your Lord! Verily the earthquake of the hour is a terrible thing..." up to His saying: "But Allah's torment is severe...(22:1 & 2)" - he said: "These Ayat were revealed while he (ﷺ) was on a journey and he said: 'Do you know what Day this…

"‏ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ لآدَمَ ابْعَثْ بَعْثَ النَّارِ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ وَمَا بَعْثُ النَّارِ قَالَ تِسْعُمِائَةٍ وَتِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَوَاحِدٌ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَنْشَأَ…

Narrated by Imrān ibn Husayn

Other hadiths (3)

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  • Al-Haqqah 69:14–15

    وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً …

    And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] - …

  • Al-Waqi’ah 56:4–6

    إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا …

    When the earth is shaken with convulsion …

  • Sad 38:15

    وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ

    And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.

  • Ghafir 40:32–33

    وَيَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلتَّنَادِ …

    And O my people, indeed I fear for you the Day of Calling - …

  • An-Naml 27:87

    وَيَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَفَزِعَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَكُلٌّ أَتَوْهُ دَٰخِرِينَ

    And [warn of] the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified except whom Allāh wills. And all will come to Him humbled.

  • Al-Ahzab 33:11

    هُنَالِكَ ٱبْتُلِىَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ زِلْزَالًا شَدِيدًا

    There the believers were tested and shaken with a severe shaking.

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  • An-Nisa 4:1

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَآءً وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا

    O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allāh, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allāh is ever, over you, an Observer.

  • Luqman 31:33

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ وَٱخْشَوْا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِۦ وَلَا مَوْلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ

    O mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allāh by the Deceiver [i.e., Satan].

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