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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 107of 129

وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مَسْجِدًۭا ضِرَارًۭا وَكُفْرًۭا وَتَفْرِيقًۢا بَيْنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِرْصَادًۭا لِّمَنْ حَارَبَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ إِنْ أَرَدْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ﴿١٠٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And [there are] those [hypocrites] who took for themselves a mosque for causing harm and disbelief and division among the believers and as a station for whoever had warred against Allah and His Messenger before. And they will surely swear, "We intended only the best." And Allah testifies that indeed they are liars.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūtake
مَسْجِدًۭاmasjidana masjid
ضِرَارًۭاḍirāran(for causing) harm
وَكُفْرًۭاwakuf'ranand (for) disbelief
وَتَفْرِيقًۢاwatafrīqanand (for) division
بَيْنَbaynaamong
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
وَإِرْصَادًۭاwa-ir'ṣādanand (as) a station
لِّمَنْlimanfor whoever
حَارَبَḥārabawarred
ٱللَّهَl-laha(against) Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His Messenger
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُ ۚqablubefore
وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّwalayaḥlifunnaAnd surely they will swear
إِنْinNot
أَرَدْنَآaradnāwe wish
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖl-ḥus'nāthe good
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuBut Allah
يَشْهَدُyashhadubears witness
إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna(are) surely liars

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Masjid Ad-Dirar and Masjid At-TaqwaThe reason behind revealing these honorable Ayat is that before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ migrated to Al-Madinah, there was a man from Al-Khazraj called "Abu `Amir Ar-Rahib (the Monk)." This man embraced Christianity before Islam and read the Scriptures. During the time of Jahiliyyah, Abu `Amir was known for being a worshipper and being a notable person among Al-Khazraj.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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