The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
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إِنَّ
الصَّفَا
وَالْمَرْوَةَ
مِن
شَعَائِرِ
اللَّهِ
فَمَنْ
حَجَّ
الْبَيْتَ
أَوِ
اعْتَمَرَ
فَلَا
جُنَاحَ
عَلَيْهِ
أَن
يَطَّوَّفَ
بِهِمَا
وَمَن
تَطَوَّعَ
خَيْرًا
فَإِنَّ
اللَّهَ
شَاكِرٌ
عَلِيمٌ
ʾinna ṣ-ṣafā wa-l-marwata min shaʿāʾiri llāhi fa-man hajja l-bayta ʾawi ʿtamara fa-lā junāḥa ʿalayhi ʾan yaṭṭawwafa bihimā wa-man taṭawwaʿa khayran fa-ʾinna llāha shākirun ʿalīmun
Safa and Marwah (names of two places in Mecca) are reminders of God. It is no sin for one who visits the Sacred House (in Mecca) to walk seven times between (Safa and Marwah.) Whoever willingly does a good deed in obedience to God, will find God All-knowing and Fully Appreciative.
