The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
al-Anfāl (The Spoils)
ٱلْأَنْفَال
8:34
وَمَا
لَهُمْ
أَلَّا
يُعَذِّبَهُمُ
اللَّهُ
وَهُمْ
يَصُدُّونَ
عَنِ
الْمَسْجِدِ
الْحَرَامِ
وَمَا
كَانُوا
أَوْلِيَاءَهُ
إِنْ
أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ
إِلَّا
الْمُتَّقُونَ
وَلَكِنَّ
أَكْثَرَهُمْ
لَا
يَعْلَمُونَ
wa-mā lahum ʾallā yuʿadhdhibahumu llāhu wa-hum yaṣuddūna ʿani l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi wa-mā kānū ʾawliyāʾahū ʾin ʾawliyāʾuhū ʾillā l-muttaqūna wa-lākinna ʾaktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
Why should God not punish them when they hinder people from entering the sacred mosque? They are not its true patrons. Only the righteous ones are its patrons, but most of the pagans do not know.