Quran 2:114 — Al-Baqara, verse 114
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Who could be more wicked than those who prohibit the mention of God’s name in His places of worship and strive to have them deserted? Such people should not enter them without fear: there is disgrace for them in this world and painful punishment in the Hereafter.
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ مَنَعَ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ وَسَعَىٰ فِي خَرَابِهَا ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا إِلَّا خَائِفِينَ ۚ لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
waman aẓlamu mimman manaʿa masājida l-lahi an yudh'kara fīhā us'muhu wasaʿā fī kharābihā ulāika mā kāna lahum an yadkhulūhā illā khāifīna lahum fī l-dun'yā khiz'yun walahum fī l-ākhirati ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And who does greater evil than he who bars God's places of worship, so that His Name be not rehearsed in them, and strives to destroy them? Such men might never enter them, save in fear; for them is degradation in the present world, and in the world to come a mighty chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, who could be more wicked than those who bar the mention of God's name from [any of] His houses of worship and strive for their ruin, [although] they have no right to enter them save in fear [of God]? For them, in this world, there is ignominy in store; and for them, in the life to come, awesome suffering.
- Sahih International
- And who are more unjust than those who prevent the name of Allāh from being mentioned [i.e., praised] 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَنْwaman | And who | — |
| 2 | أَظْلَمُaẓlamu | (is) more unjust | ظلم |
| 3 | مِمَّنmimman | than (one) who | — |
| 4 | مَّنَعَmanaʿa | prevents | منع |
| 5 | مَسَـٰجِدَmasājida | (the) masajid | سجد |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 7 | أَنan | to | — |
| 8 | يُذْكَرَyudh'kara | be mentioned | ذكر |
| 9 | فِيهَاfīhā | in them | — |
| 10 | ٱسْمُهُۥus'muhu | His name | سمو |
| 11 | وَسَعَىٰwasaʿā | and strives | سعي |
| 12 | فِىfī | for | — |
| 13 | خَرَابِهَآ ۚkharābihā | their destruction | خرب |
| 14 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 15 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 16 | كَانَkāna | it is | كون |
| 17 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 18 | أَنan | that | — |
| 19 | يَدْخُلُوهَآyadkhulūhā | they enter them | دخل |
| 20 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 21 | خَآئِفِينَ ۚkhāifīna | (like) those in fear | خوف |
| 22 | لَهُمْlahum | For them | — |
| 23 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 24 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | the world | دنو |
| 25 | خِزْىٌۭkhiz'yun | (is) disgrace | خزي |
| 26 | وَلَهُمْwalahum | and for them | — |
| 27 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 28 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati | the Hereafter | أخر |
| 29 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 30 | عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmun | great | عظم |