إِنَّمَا
يَعۡمُرُ
مَسَٰجِدَ
ٱللَّهِ
مَنۡ
ءَامَنَ
بِٱللَّهِ
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ
ٱلۡأٓخِرِ
وَأَقَامَ
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
وَءَاتَى
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
وَلَمۡ
يَخۡشَ
إِلَّا
ٱللَّهَۖ
فَعَسَىٰٓ
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
أَن
يَكُونُواْ
مِنَ
ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ
١٨
The mosques of Allah should only be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day, establish prayer, pay alms-tax, and fear none but Allah. It is right to hope that they will be among the ˹truly˺ guided.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
The mosques of Allāh are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allāh and the Last Day and establish prayer and give zakāh and do not fear except Allāh, for it is expected that those will be of the [rightly] guided.
— Saheeh International
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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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