Sura 8 Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), ayah 34
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وَمَا لَهُمْ أَلَّا يُعَذِّبَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُوا أَوْلِيَاءَهُ ۚ إِنْ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقُونَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Translation by words
- وَمَا
- But what
- لَهُمْ
- (is) for them
- أَلَّا
- that not
- يُعَذِّبَهُمُ
- (should) punish them
- ٱللَّهُ
- Allah
- وَهُمْ
- while they
- يَصُدُّونَ
- hinder (people)
- عَنِ
- from
- ٱلْمَسْجِدِ
- Al-Masjid
- ٱلْحَرَامِ
- Al-Haraam,
- وَمَا
- while not
- كَانُوٓا۟
- they are
- أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥٓ
- its guardians?
- إِنْ
- Not (can be)
- أَوْلِيَآؤُهُۥٓ
- its guardians
- إِلَّا
- except
- ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ
- the ones who fear Allah,
- وَلَٰكِنَّ
- but
- أَكْثَرَهُمْ
- most of them
- لَا
- (do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَ
- know.
But why should Allah not punish them while they obstruct (people) from al-Masjid al- Haram and they were not (fit to be) its guardians? Its (true) guardians are not but the righteous, but most of them do not know.
8:34
Translation: Saheeh International