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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

Verse 25of 78

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلْنَٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ سَوَآءً ٱلْعَٰكِفُ فِيهِ وَٱلْبَادِ ۚ وَمَن يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحَادٍۭ بِظُلْمٍۢ نُّذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍۢ﴿٢٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, those who have disbelieved and avert [people] from the way of Allah and [from] al-Masjid al-Haram, which We made for the people - equal are the resident therein and one from outside; and [also] whoever intends [a deed] therein of deviation [in religion] or wrongdoing - We will make him taste of a painful punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
وَيَصُدُّونَwayaṣuddūnaand hinder
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَٱلْمَسْجِدِwal-masjidiand Al-Masjid Al-Haraam
ٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmiand Al-Masjid Al-Haraam
ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
جَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhuWe made it
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankind
سَوَآءًsawāanequal
ٱلْعَـٰكِفُl-ʿākifu(are) the resident
فِيهِfīhitherein
وَٱلْبَادِ ۚwal-bādiand the visitor
وَمَنwamanand whoever
يُرِدْyuridintends
فِيهِfīhitherein
بِإِلْحَادٍۭbi-il'ḥādinof deviation
بِظُلْمٍۢbiẓul'min(or) wrongdoing
نُّذِقْهُnudhiq'huWe will make him taste
مِنْminof
عَذَابٍʿadhābina punishment
أَلِيمٍۢalīminpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

A Warning to Those Who hinder Others from the Path of Allah and from Al-Masj id Al-Haram and Who seek to do Evil Actions thereinAllah rebukes the disbelievers for preventing the believers from coming to Al-Masjid Al-Haram and performing their rites and rituals there, claiming that they were its guardians,وَمَا كَانُواْ أَوْلِيَآءَهُ إِنْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُ إِلاَّ الْمُتَّقُونَ(and they are not its guardians. None can be its guardians except those who have Taqwa) 8:34.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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