M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir (1974)
the chastisement, that the power is wholly Allah’s and that Allah is severe in requiting (evil).
166. When those who were followed shall renounce those who followed (them), and they see the chastisement and their ties are cut asunder.
167. And those who followed shall say: Had there been for us a return, then we would renounce them as they have renounced us. Thus will Allah show them their deeds to be intense regret to them, and they shall not come forth from the fire.
168. Omen! eat the lawful and good things out of what is in the earth, and do not follow the footsteps of the Shaitan; surely he is your open enemy.
169. He only enjoins you evil and indecency, and that you may speak against Allah what you do not know.
170. And when it is said to them, Follow what Allah has revealed, they say: Nay! we follow what we found our fathers upon. What! and though their fathers had no sense at all, nor
(beating of cheats and wailing) To this day and till the day of Resurrection this Maatam will continue because it is the Sunnat of Zainab and Ahl-e-Bait.
** The rites and rituals are the same both for Haj, which means pilgrimage and Umrah which means visit, with this difference that Haj can only be performed on 9th of Zilhaj whilst Umrah can be performed on any day of the year.
