Give freely for the cause of God, and throw not yourselves with your own hands into ruin;78 and do good, for God loveth those who do good.

Accomplish the Pilgrimage and the Visitation79 of the holy places in honour of God:  and if ye be hemmed in by foes, send whatever offering shall be the easiest:  and shave not your heads until the offering reach the place of sacrifice.  But whoever among you is sick, or hath an ailment of the head, must satisfy by fasting, or alms, or an offering.  And when ye are safe from foes, he who contents himself with the Visitation of the holy places, until the Pilgrimage, shall bring whatever offering shall be the easiest.  But he who findeth nothing to offer, shall fast three days in the Pilgrimage itself, and seven days when ye return:  they shall be ten days in all.  This is binding on him whose family shall not be present at the sacred Mosque.  And fear God, and know that God is terrible in punishing.

Let the Pilgrimage be made in the months already known:80 whoever therefore undertaketh the Pilgrimage therein, let him not know a woman, nor transgress, nor wrangle in the Pilgrimage.  The good which ye do, God knoweth it.  And provide for your journey; but the best provision is the fear of God:  fear me, then, O men of understanding!

It shall be no crime in you if ye seek an increase from your Lord;81 and when ye pour swiftly on from Arafat, then remember God near the holy monument; and remember Him, because He hath guided you who before this were of those who went astray: 

Then pass on quickly82 where the people quickly pass, and ask pardon of God, for God is Forgiving, Merciful.

And when ye have finished your holy rites, remember God as ye remember your own fathers, or with a yet more intense remembrance!  Some men there are who say, “O our Lord! give us our portion in this world:”  but such shall have no portion in the next life: 

And some say, “O our Lord! give us good in this world and good in the next, and keep us from the torment of the fire.”

They shall have the lot which they have merited:  and God is swift to reckon.

Bear God in mind during the stated days:  but if any haste away83 in two days, it shall be no fault in him:  And if any tarry longer, it shall be no fault in him, if he fear God.  Fear God, then, and know that to Him shall ye be gathered.

A man there is84 who surpriseth thee by his discourse concerning this life present.  He taketh God to witness what is in his heart; yet is he the most zealous in opposing thee: 

And when he turneth his back on thee, he runneth through the land to enact disorders therein, and layeth waste the fields and flocks:  but God loveth not the disorder.

And when it is said to him, “Fear God,” the pride of sin seizeth him:  but he shall have his fill of Hell; and right wretched the couch!

A man, too, there is85 who selleth his very self out of desire to please God:  and God is good to his servants.