Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 97 (5:97)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

۞ جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَعْبَةَ ٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلْحَرَامَ قِيَٰمًا لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّهْرَ ٱلْحَرَامَ …

Quran 5:97 is ayah 97 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 124 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:97
۞ جَعَلَٱللَّهُٱلْكَعْبَةَٱلْبَيْتَٱلْحَرَامَقِيَٰمًالِّلنَّاسِوَٱلشَّهْرَٱلْحَرَامَوَٱلْهَدْىَوَٱلْقَلَٰٓئِدَ ۚذَٰلِكَلِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَيَعْلَمُمَافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَمَافِىٱلْأَرْضِوَأَنَّٱللَّهَبِكُلِّشَىْءٍعَلِيمٌ٩٧
jaʿala l-lahu l-kaʿbata l-bayta l-ḥarāma qiyāman lilnnāsi wal-shahra l-ḥarāma wal-hadya wal-qalāida dhālika litaʿlamū anna l-laha yaʿlamu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi wa-anna l-laha bikulli shayin ʿalīmun

Allāh has made the Kaʿbah, the Sacred House, standing for the people and [has sanctified] the sacred months and the sacrificial animals and the garlands [by which they are identified]. That is so you may know that Allāh knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and that Allāh is Knowing of all things.(97)

Word by word

  1. ۞ جَعَلَjaʿalaHas (been) made
  2. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
  3. ٱلْكَعْبَةَl-kaʿbatathe Kabah
  4. ٱلْبَيْتَl-baytathe House
  5. ٱلْحَرَامَl-ḥarāmathe Sacred
  6. قِيَٰمًاqiyāmanan establishment
  7. لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
  8. وَٱلشَّهْرَwal-shahraand the month(s)
  9. ٱلْحَرَامَl-ḥarāma[the] sacred
  10. وَٱلْهَدْىَwal-hadyaand the (animals) for offering
  11. وَٱلْقَلَٰٓئِدَ ۚwal-qalāidaand the garlands
  12. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)
  13. لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟litaʿlamūso that you may know
  14. أَنَّannathat
  15. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  16. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
  17. مَاmāwhat
  18. فِىfī(is) in
  19. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  20. وَمَاwamāand what
  21. فِىfī(is) in
  22. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  23. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
  24. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  25. بِكُلِّbikulliof every
  26. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  27. عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing

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