The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
Page #189
9:17
مَا
كَانَ
لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ
أَن
يَعْمُرُوا
مَسَاجِدَ
اللَّهِ
شَاهِدِينَ
عَلَى
أَنفُسِهِم
بِالْكُفْرِ
أُولَئِكَ
حَبِطَتْ
أَعْمَالُهُمْ
وَفِي
النَّارِ
هُمْ
خَالِدُونَ
mā kāna li-l-mushrikīna ʾan yaʿmurū masājida llāhi shāhidīna ʿalā ʾanfusihim bi-l-kufri ʾulāʾika ḥabiṭat ʾaʿmāluhum wa-fī n-nāri hum khālidūna
It is not for such as join gods with Allah, to visit or maintain the mosques of Allah while they witness against their own souls to infidelity. The works of such bear no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell.
— Abdullah Yusufali
The polytheists may not maintain Allah’s mosques while they are witness to their own unfaith. Their works have failed, and they shall remain in the Fire [forever].
