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Surah Al-Baqara, page 31

 ٱلۡحَجُّ أَشۡهُرٞ مَّعۡلُومَٰتٞۚ فَمَن فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ ٱلۡحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِي ٱلۡحَجِّۗ وَمَا تَفۡعَلُواْ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ يَعۡلَمۡهُ ٱللَّهُۗ وَتَزَوَّدُواْ فَإِنَّ خَيۡرَ ٱلزَّادِ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰۖ وَٱتَّقُونِ يَٰٓأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ (197)

The Hajj is the well known famous months, so whoever obliges the pilgrimage therein, let him not intercourse and there is no debauchery, and there is no arguing in the pilgrimage, and whatever you are doing good , Allah knows it, and take provisions, for the best provision is piety, and pious me, O men of reason(197)

The Almighty informs that “Hajj” falls within the “known months” of the addressees, well-known, so that it does not need to be specified as fasting needed to specify its month, and as the Almighty explained the times of the five daily prayers.

As for Hajj

  He was from the religion of Abraham, which was still continuing in his offspring and was well known among them, Shawwal, Dhul-Qa'dah, and the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, as they are the ones in which Ihram for Hajj often falls.

And debauchery

  All sins, including the prohibitions of ihram.

And arguing

  Which is: rivalry, dispute, and adversarial, because they provoke evil and enmity.


The purpose of Hajj

  Humiliation and refraction are for God, drawing near to Him as close as possible, and abstaining from committing bad deeds, for by doing so, he will be justified, and the one who is justified will have no reward but Paradise.

 ثُمَّ أَفِيضُواْ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ أَفَاضَ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ ٱللَّهَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ (199)

Then hasten from where the people hastened and ask forgiveness from God. Indeed, God is Forgiving, Merciful (199)

That is: Then they overflowed from Muzdalifah from where the people left, since Abraham, peace be upon him, until now, and the purpose of this overflow was known to them, which is the throwing of stones, sacrifice, circumambulation, saa’i, and the night in Mina on the nights of al-Tashreeq, and complete the rest of the rites. And since [this] al-ifada is meant by what has been mentioned, and the aforementioned are the last of the rites, the Most High commanded, upon completion of it, to seek His forgiveness and to remember Him a great deal, seeking forgiveness for the fault of the servant in performing his worship and his shortcomings in it, and remembering God as thanking God for His blessings upon him, good luck for this great worship and great grace, thus, the servant should, whenever he finishes an act of worship, ask God for forgiveness for his shortcomings, and thank Him for His success.

A look at the verse
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secondly

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God - the Most High - says (Then hasten from where the people hasten)


And in that there is a merger in the group, and the abandonment of individuality, for the pilgrims here follow the people in rituals, dhikr, and other things, and God - the Almighty - wants the pilgrims above the gathering on good, and above the completion of the ritual on charity and perfection, he wants human well-being for them by their presence in the midst of gatherings that resemble them, so seeking forgiveness is multiplied in these spiritual areas such as Arafah and Muzdalifah, asking for forgiveness is not individual but collective, as if they (those who were able to perform Hajj this year) are asking forgiveness for those in the rest of the earth who were unable to attend, this is also why: The pilgrim returns from his Hajj feel feelings that rarely leave him, no matter how alive he is when he watches and hears the times of Hajj on television or otherwise. Of course, God is All-Knowing.


فَإِذَا قَضَيۡتُم مَّنَٰسِكَكُمۡ فَٱذۡكُرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَذِكۡرِكُمۡ ءَابَآءَكُمۡ أَوۡ أَشَدَّ ذِكۡرٗاۗ فَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِنۡ خَلَٰقٖ (200)

So when you have completed your rituals, remember God as you reminded your forefathers, or the most severe in remembrance, then among the people is he who says, “Our Lord, get to us from this world, and he has no share in the Hereafter (200)

Tell the Almighty about the conditions of creation

  And that everyone asks him for their demands, and pushes him for what harms them, but their intentions differ. Some of them: those who ask him for worldly demands that are of his desires, and he has no share in the Hereafter, due to his desire for it, and limiting his aspiration to the world and among them who's ask for two worlds.


And the required good in the world enters it

  Good livelihood is wide and halal


  And a good wife


  And he was born to be recognized by the eye


  and rest


  And a useful science


  And a good deed


  And so on, of the beloved and permissible demands.

And the good afterlife, is

  Safety from punishments, in the grave


  and attitude


  And fire


  And get God's satisfaction


  And win resident bliss


  And closeness to the merciful Lord.


وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٗ وَفِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ حَسَنَةٗ وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ (201) أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ نَصِيبٞ مِّمَّا كَسَبُواْۚ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ (202)

And among them are those who say, "Our Lord, give us good in this world, and in the Hereafter a good, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire (201) those have a share of what they have earned, and God is swift in reckoning (202)

In this verse is evidence that

  God answers the supplication of every supplicant, whether a Muslim or an infidel, or a sinner, but His answer to the supplication of the one who supplicates Him is not evidence of His love and closeness to Him, except in the demands of the Hereafter and the missions of religion, and the good that is required in this world includes everything that improves the status of the servant, such as abundant, halal sustenance, a good wife, a child with whom the eye is pleasing, comfort, and useful knowledge, A righteous deed, and so on, is a popular and permissible requirement. And the goodness of the hereafter is safety from punishments in the grave, standing, and fire, obtaining God's satisfaction, and winning eternal bliss.

A look at the two verses

Those have a share of what they (earned) earned what? The well-known acts of Hajj and its rites, and seeking forgiveness after good deeds, for there is nothing in Islam more honorable than Hajj, and yet God Almighty commanded pilgrims to seek forgiveness after work. So there are two hints in this:


1- What matters is not the work, no matter how good it is, but rather the acceptance (so it was accepted from one of them and not accepted from the other).

2- Before praying, strive before God with a good deed, as if it were an offering like that of Cain and Abel. Of course, God is All-Knowing.


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