At-Tawba 9:19 ۞ اجعلتم سقاية الحاج وعمارة المسجد الحرام كمن امن بالله واليوم الاخر وجاهد في سبيل الله لا يستوون عند الله والله لا يهدي القوم الظالمين ١٩
۞ أَجَعَلۡتُمۡ
سِقَايَةَ
ٱلۡحَآجِّ
وَعِمَارَةَ
ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ
ٱلۡحَرَامِ
كَمَنۡ
ءَامَنَ
بِٱللَّهِ
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ
ٱلۡأٓخِرِ
وَجَٰهَدَ
فِي
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِۚ
لَا
يَسۡتَوُۥنَ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
لَا
يَهۡدِي
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
١٩
Do you ˹pagans˺ consider providing the pilgrims with water and maintaining the Sacred Mosque as equal to believing in Allah and the Last Day and struggling in the cause of Allah? They are not equal in Allah’s sight. And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Have you made the providing of water for the pilgrim and the maintenance of al-Masjid al-Ḥarām equal to [the deeds of] one who believes in Allāh and the Last Day and strives in the cause of Allāh? They are not equal in the sight of Allāh. And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Providing Pilgrims with Water and maintaining the Sacred Masjid are not equal to Faith and Jihad
In his Tafsir, Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas explained this Ayah: "The idolators said, `Maintaining Al-Masjid Al-Haram and providing water for pilgrims are better than embracing the faith and performi
…Providing Pilgrims with Water and maintaining the Sacred Masjid are not equal to Faith and Jihad
In his Tafsir, Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas expla
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