Surah 22
Al-Hajj
The Pilgrimage
الحج
Editorial study · not independently reviewed.
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Name and conventional translation
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Arabic name
الحج
Source fact
Transliteration
Al-Hajj
Source fact
English name
The Pilgrimage
Source fact as Tanzil metadata gives it; Tanzil names no translator for it
Verse count and position
From a layer
Verses
78
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Words
1274
Derived link whitespace-separated tokens of the Uthmani text, the rule the morphology layer uses
Position in the mushaf order
22 of 114
Source fact
Position in a revelation ordering
103 of 114
Revelation order as encoded by the Tanzil metadata · Tanzil publishes an "order" value for each surah and documents the field only as "revelation order". It does not name which ordering it encodes, cite a scholar, or reference an edition. We have therefore not established whose ordering this is, and we do not name one. The major orderings disagree about dozens of surahs, so naming the likeliest candidate would be a guess presented as a citation.
Source fact
Place of revelation, as Tanzil classifies it
Medinan
Source fact Tanzil's classification, carried without a named authority
Juzʾ
Within juzʾ 17
Source fact juzʾ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record
Opening formula (basmala) in this edition
stands before verse 1 and is not numbered
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What the surah says of itself
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Major movements and sections
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Rukūʿ divisions
| Rukūʿ | Verses | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22:1-10 | يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ … |
| 2 | 22:11-22 | وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ … |
| 3 | 22:23-25 | إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ … |
| 4 | 22:26-33 | وَإِذْ بَوَّأْنَا لِإِبْرَٰهِيمَ مَكَانَ … |
| 5 | 22:34-38 | وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ جَعَلْنَا مَنسَكًا … |
| 6 | 22:39-48 | أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَٰتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ … |
| 7 | 22:49-57 | قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَآ … |
| 8 | 22:58-64 | وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ … |
| 9 | 22:65-72 | أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ … |
| 10 | 22:73-78 | يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ … |
Source fact rukūʿ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record; each runs to the verse before the next; opening words are the first 4 words of its first verse
Repeated words and themes
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Verses repeated word for word
No verse of this surah repeats another word for word.
Derived link verses of this surah whose Uthmani text is byte-identical to another verse of it
Phrases repeated word for word
| Times | Words | Phrase | Verses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ | 14, 23, 50, 56 |
| 3 | 4 | أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ | 18, 63, 65 |
| 3 | 3 | وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن | 3, 8, 11 |
| 3 | 3 | ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ | 6, 61-62 |
| 3 | 3 | مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ | 12, 71, 73 |
Derived link runs of at least 3 consecutive words, inside one verse, occurring at least 3 times in this surah, kept only where no longer run has the same occurrences; a run that is only ever a whole repeated verse is listed above instead
Roots carried by the most words
1274 words420 with one root, counted120 conflicting roots196 no root recorded538 not analysed
| Root | Words, at least | Verses | Forms in this surah |
|---|---|---|---|
| ن.و.س | 15 | 15 | ٱلنَّاسِ ٱلنَّاسُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لِلنَّاسِ |
| ث.م.م | 15 | 10 | ثُمَّ |
| ع.ل.م | 11 | 9 | عِلْمٍ يَعْلَمُ أَعْلَمُ تَعْلَمْ عَلِيمٌ عِلْمٌ لَعَلِيمٌ يَعْلَمَ |
| ك.ل.ل | 10 | 8 | كُلِّ كُلَّ كُلُّ وَلِكُلِّ |
| ي.و.م | 8 | 8 | يَوْمَ أَيَّامٍ يَوْمًا يَوْمٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ |
| ع.ذ.ب | 7 | 7 | عَذَابَ عَذَابٌ عَذَابٍ عَذَابُ عَذَابِ |
| ظ.ل.م | 6 | 6 | ظَالِمَةٌ بِظَلَّٰمٍ بِظُلْمٍ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ |
| ر.أ.ي | 6 | 5 | تَرَ وَتَرَى تَرَوْنَهَا |
| ل.ك.م | 6 | 5 | لَكُمْ |
| ج.ع.ل | 5 | 5 | جَعَلْنَا جَعَلَ جَعَلْنَٰهَا جَعَلْنَٰهُ |
| غ.ي.ر | 5 | 5 | بِغَيْرِ غَيْرَ وَغَيْرِ |
| ك.و.ن | 5 | 5 | كَانَ لِيَكُونَ مَكَانٍ مَكَانَ |
78 more roots
| ح.ق.ق | 4 | 4 | حَقَّ حَقٍّ |
| خ.ي.ر | 4 | 4 | خَيْرٌ خَيْرُ |
| ص.ل.ح | 4 | 4 | ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ |
| ل.ه.م | 4 | 4 | لَهُمْ |
| ح.ك.م | 4 | 3 | يَحْكُمُ حَكِيمٌ يُحْكِمُ |
| ش.ط.ن | 4 | 3 | ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ شَيْطَٰنٍ |
| ب.ع.د | 3 | 3 | بَعِيدٍ بَعْدِ ٱلْبَعِيدُ |
| ب.ي.ن | 3 | 3 | بَيِّنَٰتٍ بَيْنَ |
| ج.د.ل | 3 | 3 | يُجَٰدِلُ جَٰدَلُوكَ |
| ج.ر.ي | 3 | 3 | تَجْرِى |
| ج.ن.ن | 3 | 3 | جَنَّٰتٍ جَنَّٰتِ |
| د.و.ن | 3 | 3 | دُونِ |
| ر.ب.ب | 3 | 3 | رَبِّكَ رَبُّنَا |
| ر.ز.ق | 3 | 3 | رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ رِزْقًا وَرِزْقٌ |
| ر.س.ل | 3 | 3 | أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا ٱلرَّسُولُ |
| س.ب.ل | 3 | 3 | سَبِيلِ |
| س.ج.د | 3 | 3 | وَمَسَٰجِدُ يَسْجُدُ ٱلسُّجُودِ |
| س.خ.ر | 3 | 3 | سَخَّرَ سَخَّرَهَا سَخَّرْنَٰهَا |
| س.و.ع | 3 | 3 | ٱلسَّاعَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ |
| ش.ر.ر | 3 | 3 | وَبَشِّرِ بِشَرٍّ |
| ش.ي.أ | 3 | 3 | شَىْءٍ شَىْءٌ |
| ع.ظ.م | 3 | 3 | يُعَظِّمْ عَظِيمٌ |
| ق.و.ل | 3 | 3 | قُلْ قَوْلَ |
| ك.ت.ب | 3 | 3 | كِتَٰبٍ كُتِبَ |
| ن.ك.ر | 3 | 3 | نَكِيرِ ٱلْمُنكَرَ ٱلْمُنكَرِ |
| ه.د.ي | 3 | 3 | هَدَىٰكُمْ وَيَهْدِيهِ يَهْدِى |
| ح.ي.و | 3 | 2 | أَحْيَاكُمْ يُحْىِ يُحْيِيكُمْ |
| ش.ر.ك | 3 | 2 | تُشْرِكْ مُشْرِكِينَ يُشْرِكْ |
| ع.ق.ب | 3 | 2 | عَاقَبَ عَٰقِبَةُ عُوقِبَ |
| ق.و.م | 3 | 2 | وَقَوْمُ قَوْمُ |
| ك.ث.ر | 3 | 2 | وَكَثِيرٌ كَثِيرًا |
| ك.ذ.ب | 3 | 2 | كَذَّبَتْ وَكُذِّبَ يُكَذِّبُوكَ |
| ل.ق.ي | 3 | 2 | يُلْقِى أَلْقَى |
| ن.ع.م | 3 | 2 | فَنِعْمَ وَنِعْمَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ |
| أ.ت.ي | 2 | 2 | يَأْتُوكَ يَأْتِيَهُمْ |
| أ.ج.ل | 2 | 2 | أَجَلٍ |
| أ.خ.ذ | 2 | 2 | أَخَذْتُهَا أَخَذْتُهُمْ |
| أ.م.م | 2 | 2 | أُمَّةٍ |
| ب.ص.ر | 2 | 2 | بَصِيرٌ |
| ب.ه.م | 2 | 2 | بَهِيمَةِ |
| ت.ح.ت | 2 | 2 | تَحْتِهَا |
| ح.س.ن | 2 | 2 | حَسَنًا ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ |
| خ.ب.ت | 2 | 2 | فَتُخْبِتَ ٱلْمُخْبِتِينَ |
| خ.ل.ف | 2 | 2 | تَخْتَلِفُونَ يُخْلِفَ |
| د.خ.ل | 2 | 2 | يُدْخِلُ |
| د.ع.و | 2 | 2 | تَدْعُونَ يَدْعُونَ |
| د.ف.ع | 2 | 2 | دَفْعُ يُدَٰفِعُ |
| ذ.ك.ر | 2 | 2 | ذُكِرَ يُذْكَرُ |
| ذ.ه.ب | 2 | 2 | ذَهَبٍ يُذْهِبَنَّ |
| ر.و.د | 2 | 2 | يُرِيدُ |
| ر.ي.ب | 2 | 2 | رَيْبٍ رَيْبَ |
| س.م.و | 2 | 2 | ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ |
| ش.د.د | 2 | 2 | أَشُدَّكُمْ شَدِيدٌ |
| ش.ه.د | 2 | 2 | شَهِيدًا شَهِيدٌ |
| ص.ح.ب | 2 | 2 | أَصْحَٰبُ وَأَصْحَٰبُ |
| ص.ر.ط | 2 | 2 | صِرَٰطٍ صِرَٰطِ |
| ص.و.ب | 2 | 2 | أَصَابَتْهُ أَصَابَهُمْ |
| ض.ل.ل | 2 | 2 | لِيُضِلَّ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ |
| ع.ز.ز | 2 | 2 | عَزِيزٌ |
| ف.ت.ن | 2 | 2 | فِتْنَةً فِتْنَةٌ |
| ف.ع.ل | 2 | 2 | يَفْعَلُ |
| ق.ب.ل | 2 | 2 | قَبْلُ قَبْلِكَ |
| ق.د.ر | 2 | 2 | قَدِيرٌ لَقَدِيرٌ |
| ق.ر.ي | 2 | 2 | قَرْيَةٍ |
| ق.ل.ب | 2 | 2 | قُلُوبٌ قُلُوبِهِم |
| ق.و.ي | 2 | 2 | لَقَوِىٌّ |
| م.ث.ل | 2 | 2 | بِمِثْلِ مَثَلٌ |
| م.ل.ي | 2 | 2 | أَمْلَيْتُ فَأَمْلَيْتُ |
| ن.ف.ع | 2 | 2 | مَنَٰفِعَ مَنَٰفِعُ |
| ب.ع.ض | 2 | 1 | بَعْضَهُم بِبَعْضٍ |
| ح.م.ل | 2 | 1 | حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا |
| ذ.ب.ب | 2 | 1 | ذُبَابًا ٱلذُّبَابُ |
| ر.ض.ع | 2 | 1 | أَرْضَعَتْ مُرْضِعَةٍ |
| ع.م.ي | 2 | 1 | تَعْمَى |
| م.ن.ن | 2 | 1 | مَّن |
| ن.ه.ر | 2 | 1 | ٱلنَّهَارَ ٱلنَّهَارِ |
| ن.و.ل | 2 | 1 | يَنَالَ يَنَالُهُ |
| و.ل.ج | 2 | 1 | وَيُولِجُ يُولِجُ |
Derived link a word counts toward a root only where every analysis Camel Morph kept for it names that one root and no analysis records none; words with no analysis, no root or conflicting roots are not counted anywhere. Roots on at least 2 words.
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Words the analyser did not read
538 of this surah's 1274 words have no analysis, and a further 316 have no single root, so the root counts are minimums. Camel Morph MSA is a Modern Standard Arabic analyser meeting Qur'anic Arabic.
People and events named
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Common claims the text does not itself establish
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Provisional stand-in: studies tagged a common misconception that cite this surah
- Did the Qur'an predict modern science - and does any verse say it is making a prediction?22:5
- Are there 'Satanic verses' in the Qur'an's history?22:52
Derived link every current study that carries the common-misconception tag and cites a verse of this surah. That tag is a discovery aid, not a mark that the text does not establish the claim — that mark does not exist yet — so this list is provisional and not a complete account of the claims the text does not establish. The question is quoted; the answer is on the study.
Links to related topical studies
From a layer
Current studies citing a verse of this surah
17 current studies
Knowledge, reason & reflection3
Other faiths & interreligious relations3
Pilgrimage & sacred time2
Science claims2
Angels, jinn & Satan1
Character & relationships1
Food, drink & dietary law1
Justice & governance1
Resurrection, judgment, paradise & hell1
War, peace & religious freedom1
Derived link every study whose current signature cites at least one verse of this surah, grouped by its /studies theme (largest first, ties by name, no theme last) and ordered by first verse cited. A citation is not a statement that the study is about this surah.
Source and review status
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Sources this page draws on
| Source | Licence | Attribution notice |
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| Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) Uthmani, Version 1.1 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 | Qur'anic text from the Tanzil Project. Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Source: tanzil.net · Updates: tanzil.net/updates/ https://tanzil.net/updates/ |
| Tanzil Qur'an metadata quran-data.xml v1.0 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution — version not specified by the source | Surah metadata from Tanzil Qur'an metadata (quran-data.xml, version 1.0), Tanzil Project, tanzil.net. (C) 2008-2009 Tanzil.info. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution; the source does not state a version. Values are reproduced unchanged; this site selects and arranges them, and derives verse ranges from the division start points. https://tanzil.net/res/text/metadata/quran-data.xml |
| Camel Morph MSA v1.0, LREC-COLING 2024 release · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Morphological analyses from Camel Morph MSA (LREC-COLING 2024 release) by Christian Khairallah, Salam Khalifa, Reham Marzouk, Mayar Mohamadein Nassar and Nizar Habash, CAMeL Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi (Khairallah et al., 2024), https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Modified: this site runs the analyser over its Qur'anic text, keeps only analyses whose vocalisation matches the text, removes duplicates and counts the result. https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph |
Source fact
Verse restatements signed for this surah
0
Derived link
Signed introduction to this surah
Seventy-eight verses on the rites of pilgrimage and the sanctuary itself — the call that brings people on foot and on lean camels from every distant pass — set among warnings about the Hour. It is unusual in carrying material from both Mecca and Medina.
AALAMIN Editor · signed 2026-08-29 · Editorial
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