Surah Al-Haj (The Pilgrimage) is the 22. surah in Quran.Al-Haj surah is listed as the 103. by revelation order.
The meaning of surah Al-Haj is The Pilgrimage. In total this surah is consist of 78 auahs. You can read Al-Haj by word by word if you would like to examine it in details or click one of the ayahs below to check that ayah only.
It is believed to be revealed in Madinah so this surah is considered a Medinan surah. The surah takes its name from 27th ayah.
This surah talks about Kaaba as a place of worship from the times of Abraham as God has ordered Abraham to build a house at this location for people to make pilgrimage. The time of Muhammad however, the place became idolatry.
Even though the surah is named the Pilgrimage, the majority of the surah talks about different topics. The surah starts with given examples of non-believers and how they do things wrong and how God will punish them and will reward the righteous believers. Pilgrimage of Makkah was proclaimed to believers.
One of the most important ayats regarding war is in this surah. Ayats 40-43 permits declaring war against only in self-defense.The animal sacrifices for every religion. All Prophets were accused of being an imposture and when they say something the devil puts word into theirs but God fixes that makes them precise.
God is the creator and preserver of all things and choses messengers from angels and humans. God knows all things and at the end all things return God.