Quran 9:107 — At-Tawba, verse 107
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Then there are those who built a mosque––in an attempt to cause harm, disbelief, and disunity among the believers––as an outpost for those who fought God and His Messenger before: they swear, ‘Our intentions were nothing but good,’ but God bears witness that they are liars.
وَالَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مَسْجِدًا ضِرَارًا وَكُفْرًا وَتَفْرِيقًا بَيْنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِرْصَادًا لِمَنْ حَارَبَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۚ وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ إِنْ أَرَدْنَا إِلَّا الْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ
wa-alladhīna ittakhadhū masjidan ḍirāran wakuf'ran watafrīqan bayna l-mu'minīna wa-ir'ṣādan liman ḥāraba l-laha warasūlahu min qablu walayaḥlifunna in aradnā illā l-ḥus'nā wal-lahu yashhadu innahum lakādhibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those who have taken a mosque in opposition and unbelief, and to divide the believers, and as a place of ambush for those who fought God and His Messenger aforetime -- they will swear 'We desired nothing but good'; and God testifies they are truly liars.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [there are hypocrites] who have established a [separate] house of worship in order to create mischief, and to promote apostasy and disunity among the believers, and to provide an outpost for all who from the outset have been warring against God and His Apostle. And they will surely swear [to you, O believers], "We had but the best of intentions!" -the while God [Himself] bears witness that they are lying.
- 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 Allāh and His Messenger before. And they will surely swear, "We intended only the best." And Allāh testifies that indeed they are liars.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhū | take | أخذ |
| 3 | مَسْجِدًۭاmasjidan | a masjid | سجد |
| 4 | ضِرَارًۭاḍirāran | (for causing) harm | ضرر |
| 5 | وَكُفْرًۭاwakuf'ran | and (for) disbelief | كفر |
| 6 | وَتَفْرِيقًۢاwatafrīqan | and (for) division | فرق |
| 7 | بَيْنَbayna | among | بين |
| 8 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 9 | وَإِرْصَادًۭاwa-ir'ṣādan | and (as) a station | رصد |
| 10 | لِّمَنْliman | for whoever | — |
| 11 | حَارَبَḥāraba | warred | حرب |
| 12 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (against) Allah | أله |
| 13 | وَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahu | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 14 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 15 | قَبْلُ ۚqablu | before | قبل |
| 16 | وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّwalayaḥlifunna | And surely they will swear | حلف |
| 17 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 18 | أَرَدْنَآaradnā | we wish | رود |
| 19 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 20 | ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖl-ḥus'nā | the good | حسن |
| 21 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | But Allah | أله |
| 22 | يَشْهَدُyashhadu | bears witness | شهد |
| 23 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | indeed, they | — |
| 24 | لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna | (are) surely liars | كذب |