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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 114of 286

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن مَّنَعَ مَسَٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ أَن يُذْكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسْمُهُۥ وَسَعَىٰ فِى خَرَابِهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ أَن يَدْخُلُوهَآ إِلَّا خَآئِفِينَ ۚ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا خِزْىٌۭ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌۭ﴿١١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And who are more unjust than those who prevent the name of Allah from being mentioned in His mosques and strive toward their destruction. It is not for them to enter them except in fear. For them in this world is disgrace, and they will have in the Hereafter a great punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَنْwamanAnd who
أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
مِمَّنmimmanthan (one) who
مَّنَعَmanaʿaprevents
مَسَـٰجِدَmasājida(the) masajid
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
أَنanto
يُذْكَرَyudh'karabe mentioned
فِيهَاfīhāin them
ٱسْمُهُۥus'muhuHis name
وَسَعَىٰwasaʿāand strives
فِىfor
خَرَابِهَآ ۚkharābihātheir destruction
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
مَاNot
كَانَkānait is
لَهُمْlahumfor them
أَنanthat
يَدْخُلُوهَآyadkhulūhāthey enter them
إِلَّاillāexcept
خَآئِفِينَ ۚkhāifīna(like) those in fear
لَهُمْlahumFor them
فِىin
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
خِزْىٌۭkhiz'yun(is) disgrace
وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
فِىin
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Of the Most Unjust are Those Who prevent People from the Masjids and strive for their RuinThe Quraysh idolators are those who hindered the people from the Masjids of Allah and wanted to destroy them. Ibn Jarir reported that Ibn Zayd said that Allah's statement,وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن مَّنَعَ مَسَـجِدَ اللَّهِ أَن يُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ وَسَعَى فِى خَرَابِهَآ(And who are more unjust than those who forbid that Allah's Name be mentioned (i.e.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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