At-Táuba 9:17 ما كان للمشركين ان يعمروا مساجد الله شاهدين على انفسهم بالكفر اولايك حبطت اعمالهم وفي النار هم خالدون ١٧
مَا
كَانَ
لِلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ
أَن
يَعۡمُرُواْ
مَسَٰجِدَ
ٱللَّهِ
شَٰهِدِينَ
عَلَىٰٓ
أَنفُسِهِم
بِٱلۡكُفۡرِۚ
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
حَبِطَتۡ
أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ
وَفِي
ٱلنَّارِ
هُمۡ
خَٰلِدُونَ
١٧
It is not for the idolaters to tend Allah's sanctuaries, bearing witness against themselves of disbelief. As for such, their works are vain and in the Fire they will abide.
— M. Pickthall
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.
— A. Yusuf Ali
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
It is not for Idolators to maintain the Masjids of Allah
Allah says that it is not fitting that those who associate others with Allah in worship should maintain the Masjids of Allah that were built in His Name alone without partners. Those who read the Ayah, "Masjid Allah", said that it refers to Al-
…It is not for Idolators to maintain the Masjids of Allah
Allah says that it is not fitting that those who associate others with Allah in worship should
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