Sura 9 At-Tawbah (The Repentance), ayah 18
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إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَلَمْ يَخْشَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ ۖ فَعَسَىٰ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ
Translation by words
- إِنَّمَا
- Only
- يَعْمُرُ
- will maintain
- مَسَٰجِدَ
- (the) masajid of Allah
- ٱللَّهِ
- (the) masajid of Allah
- مَنْ
- (the one) who
- ءَامَنَ
- believes
- بِٱللَّهِ
- in Allah
- وَٱلْيَوْمِ
- and the Day
- ٱلْءَاخِرِ
- the Last,
- وَأَقَامَ
- and establishes
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
- the prayer
- وَءَاتَى
- and gives
- ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
- the zakah
- وَلَمْ
- and not
- يَخْشَ
- fear
- إِلَّا
- except
- ٱللَّهَ
- Allah.
- فَعَسَىٰٓ
- Then perhaps
- أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
- those,
- أَن
- [that]
- يَكُونُوا۟
- they are
- مِنَ
- of
- ٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
- the guided ones.
The mosques of Allah are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and establish prayer and give zakah and do not fear except Allah, for it is expected that those will be of the (rightly) guided.
9:18
Translation: Saheeh International