Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

that they might mention Allah’s Name
over the livestock He has provided them.
Your God is the One God.
So submit to Him.
And give good news to the humble
35 — those
whose hearts tremble with awe when Allah is mentioned,
and who are patient through whatever visits them,
and who maintain the prayer
and spend out of what We have provided them.
36 We have appointed for you the [sacrificial] camels
as one of Allah’s sacraments.
There is good for you in them.
So mention the Name of Allah over them as they stand.
And when they have fallen on their flanks,
eat from them,
and feed the self-contained needy
and the mendicant.
Thus have We disposed them for your benefit
so that you may give thanks.
37 It is not their flesh or their blood that reaches Allah.
Rather it is your Godwariness that reaches Him.
Thus has He disposed them for your benefit
so that you may magnify Allah for His guiding you.
And give good news to the virtuous.

38 Allah indeed defends those who have faith.
Indeed Allah does not like any ingrate traitor.
39 Those who are fought against are permitted [to fight]
because they have been wronged,

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 15 Jan. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=500