Quran 9:108 — At-Tawba, verse 108
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], never pray in that mosque. You should rather pray in a mosque founded from its first day on consciousness of God: in this mosque there are men who desire to grow in purity- God loves those who seek to purify themselves.
لَا تَقُمْ فِيهِ أَبَدًا ۚ لَمَسْجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى التَّقْوَىٰ مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَقُومَ فِيهِ ۚ فِيهِ رِجَالٌ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَتَطَهَّرُوا ۚ وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُطَّهِّرِينَ
lā taqum fīhi abadan lamasjidun ussisa ʿalā l-taqwā min awwali yawmin aḥaqqu an taqūma fīhi fīhi rijālun yuḥibbūna an yataṭahharū wal-lahu yuḥibbu l-muṭahirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Stand there never. A mosque that was founded upon godfearing from the first day is worthier for thee to stand in; therein are men who love to cleanse themselves; and God loves those who cleanse themselves.
- Muhammad Asad
- Never set foot in such a place! Only a house of worship founded, from the very first day, upon God-consciousness is worthy of thy setting foot therein -[a house of worship] wherein there are men desirous of growing in purity: for God loves all who purify themselves.
- Sahih International
- Do not stand [for prayer] within it - ever. A mosque founded on righteousness from the first day is more worthy for you to stand in. Within it are men who love to purify themselves; and Allāh loves those who purify themselves.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 2 | تَقُمْtaqum | stand | قوم |
| 3 | فِيهِfīhi | in it | — |
| 4 | أَبَدًۭا ۚabadan | ever | أبد |
| 5 | لَّمَسْجِدٌlamasjidun | A masjid | سجد |
| 6 | أُسِّسَussisa | founded | أسس |
| 7 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 8 | ٱلتَّقْوَىٰl-taqwā | the righteousness | وقي |
| 9 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 10 | أَوَّلِawwali | (the) first | أول |
| 11 | يَوْمٍyawmin | day | يوم |
| 12 | أَحَقُّaḥaqqu | (is) more worthy | حقق |
| 13 | أَنan | that | — |
| 14 | تَقُومَtaqūma | you stand | قوم |
| 15 | فِيهِ ۚfīhi | in it | — |
| 16 | فِيهِfīhi | Within it | — |
| 17 | رِجَالٌۭrijālun | (are) men | رجل |
| 18 | يُحِبُّونَyuḥibbūna | who love | حبب |
| 19 | أَنan | to | — |
| 20 | يَتَطَهَّرُوا۟ ۚyataṭahharū | purify themselves | طهر |
| 21 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | and Allah | أله |
| 22 | يُحِبُّyuḥibbu | loves | حبب |
| 23 | ٱلْمُطَّهِّرِينَl-muṭahirīna | the ones who purify themselves | طهر |