At-Táuba 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
[9:19] Do you consider providing water to the Pilgrims and tending the Sacred Mosque equal in worth to believing in Allah and the Last Day and striving in the cause of Allah? The two are not equal with Allah. Allah does not direct the wrong-doing folk to the Right Way.
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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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