Al-Hajj

Sūrat al-Ḥajj (Arabic: سورة الحج‎, "The Pilgrimage, The Hajj") is the 22nd sura of the Qur'an with 78 ayat.

Verses ^{[Quran 2:62]}, ^{[Quran 5:69]} and ^{[Quran 22:17]} address the Jews, Christians and Sabians. According to the Shafi'is and Hanbalis, this is the only surah to have two prostrations of recitation, however the Hanafis and Malikis do not recognise the second apparent sajda.

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Hajji

Hajji (sometimes spelled Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al hage, Al hag or El-Hajj) is an honorific title given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. In its traditional context, it is often used to refer to an elder, since it can take time to accumulate the wealth to fund the travel. The title is placed before a person's name (for instance, Saif Gani becomes Hajji Saif Gani). It is derived from the Arabic ḥājj, which is the active participle of the verb ḥajja 'to make the pilgrimage [to Mecca]'. The alternative form ḥajjī is derived from the name of the Hajj with the adjectival suffix -ī, and this was the form adopted by non-Arabic languages. In some areas, the title has been handed down the generations, and has become a family name. Such usage can be seen, for example, in the Bosniak surname Hadžiosmanović, which means 'son of Hajji Osman'.

In other languages

Arabic: حاج‎ ḥājj or حجّي ḥajjī, Egyptian Arabic: ḥagg  pronounced [ħæɡ]; Persian and Pashto: حاجی; Greek: Χατζής; Albanian: Haxhi; Bulgarian: Хаджия; Bosnian: Hadžija; Belarusian: Хаджы; Kurdish: Hecî‎; Serbian: Хаџи, Hadži; Turkish: Hacı; Hausa: Alhaji; Template:Lang-ma. All mean "pilgrim".