Quran 8:34 — Al-Anfaal, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
yet why should God not punish them when they debar people from the Sacred Mosque, although they are not its [rightful] guardians? Only those mindful of God are its rightful guardians, but most of the disbelievers do not realize this.
وَمَا لَهُمْ أَلَّا يُعَذِّبَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُوا أَوْلِيَاءَهُ ۚ إِنْ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقُونَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
wamā lahum allā yuʿadhibahumu l-lahu wahum yaṣuddūna ʿani l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi wamā kānū awliyāahu in awliyāuhu illā l-mutaqūna walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But what have they now, that God should not chastise them, when they are barring from the Holy Mosque, not being its protectors? Its only protectors are the godfearing; but most of them know not.
- Muhammad Asad
- But what have they [now] in their favour that God should not chastise them-seeing that they bar [the believers] from the Inviolable House of Worship, although they are not its [rightful] guardians? None but the God-conscious can be its guardians: but of this most of these [evildoers] are unaware;
- Sahih International
- But why should Allāh not punish them while they obstruct [people] from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām and they were not [fit to be] its guardians? Its [true] guardians are not but the righteous, but most of them do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | But what | — |
| 2 | لَهُمْlahum | (is) for them | — |
| 3 | أَلَّاallā | that not | — |
| 4 | يُعَذِّبَهُمُyuʿadhibahumu | (should) punish them | عذب |
| 5 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 6 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 7 | يَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūna | hinder (people) | صدد |
| 8 | عَنِʿani | from | — |
| 9 | ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi | Al-Masjid | سجد |
| 10 | ٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmi | Al-Haraam | حرم |
| 11 | وَمَاwamā | while not | — |
| 12 | كَانُوٓا۟kānū | they are | كون |
| 13 | أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥٓ ۚawliyāahu | its guardians | ولي |
| 14 | إِنْin | Not (can be) | — |
| 15 | أَوْلِيَآؤُهُۥٓawliyāuhu | its guardians | ولي |
| 16 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 17 | ٱلْمُتَّقُونَl-mutaqūna | the ones who fear Allah | وقي |
| 18 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 19 | أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahum | most of them | كثر |
| 20 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 21 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |