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Al-Baqarah 2: 159–61

Hence, whoever performs Hajj (Full Pilgrimage) to the House (of Allah) or makes [Umrah (Minor Pilgrimage),50 will find that it is no sin for him to ambulate between the two. And whoever does a good work voluntarily should know that Allah is Appreciative, All- Knowing.

(159) Those who conceal anything of the clear teachings and true guidance which We have sent down even though We have made them clear in Our Book, Allah curses such people and so do all the cursers, (160) except those who repent and make amends and openly declare (what they had concealed). Such shall I pardon for I am Much-Relenting, Most Compassionate.

(161) As for those who disbelieved51 and died dis- believing, ▶

50 The pilgrimage to the Ka[bah along with a set of other rites on certain fixed dates of Dhu al-Hijjah is known as Hajj. Pilgrimage at other times is known as [Umrah.

51 The original meaning of kufr is to conceal. This lent the word a nuance of denial and it began to be used as an antonym of Iman. Iman means to believe, to accept, and to recognize. Kufr, on the contrary, denotes refusal to believe, to deny, to reject. According to the Qur’an, there are several possible forms of disbelief. One is to refuse either to believe in the existence of God, not to acknowledge His

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