The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
Page #189
9:19
أَجَعَلْتُمْ
سِقَايَةَ
الْحَاجِّ
وَعِمَارَةَ
الْمَسْجِدِ
الْحَرَامِ
كَمَنْ
آمَنَ
بِاللَّهِ
وَالْيَوْمِ
الْآخِرِ
وَجَاهَدَ
فِي
سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ
لَا
يَسْتَوُونَ
عِندَ
اللَّهِ
وَاللَّهُ
لَا
يَهْدِي
الْقَوْمَ
الظَّالِمِينَ
ʾa-jaʿaltum siqāyata l-ḥājji wa-ʿimārata l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi ka-man ʾāmana bi-llāhi wa-l-yawmi l-ʾākhiri wa-jāhada fī sabīli llāhi lā yastawūna ʿinda llāhi wa-llāhu lā yahdī l-qawma ẓ-ẓālimīna
Do ye make the giving of drink to pilgrims, or the maintenance of the Sacred Mosque, equal to (the pious service of) those who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and strive with might and main in the cause of Allah? They are not comparable in the sight of Allah: and Allah guides not those who do wrong.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Do you regard the providing of water to Hajj pilgrims and the maintenance of the Holy Mosque as similar [in worth] to someone who has faith in Allah and [believes in] the Last Day and wages jihad in the way of Allah? They are not equal with Allah, and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.
