The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
Page #204
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لَا
تَقُمْ
فِيهِ
أَبَدًا
لَّمَسْجِدٌ
أُسِّسَ
عَلَى
التَّقْوَى
مِنْ
أَوَّلِ
يَوْمٍ
أَحَقُّ
أَن
تَقُومَ
فِيهِ
فِيهِ
رِجَالٌ
يُحِبُّونَ
أَن
يَتَطَهَّرُوا
وَاللَّهُ
يُحِبُّ
الْمُطَّهِّرِينَ
lā taqum fīhi ʾabadan la-masjidun ʾussisa ʿalā t-taqwā min ʾawwali yawmin ʾaḥaqqu ʾan taqūma fīhi fīhi rijālun yuḥibbūna ʾan yataṭahharū wa-llāhu yuḥibbu l-muṭṭahhirīna
Do not stand in it ever! A mosque founded on Godwariness from the [very] first day is worthier that you stand in it [for prayer]. Therein are men who love to keep pure, and Allah loves those who keep pure.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whose foundation was laid from the first day on piety; it is more worthy of the standing forth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love to be purified; and Allah loveth those who make themselves pure.
