Quran 9:17 — At-Tawba, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is not right for the idolaters to tend God’s places of worship while testifying to their own disbelief: the deeds of such people will come to nothing and they will abide in Hell.
مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَنْ يَعْمُرُوا مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ شَاهِدِينَ عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ بِالْكُفْرِ ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ وَفِي النَّارِ هُمْ خَالِدُونَ
mā kāna lil'mush'rikīna an yaʿmurū masājida l-lahi shāhidīna ʿalā anfusihim bil-kuf'ri ulāika ḥabiṭat aʿmāluhum wafī l-nāri hum khālidūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is not for the idolaters to inhabit God's places of worship, witnessing against themselves unbelief; those -- their works have failed them, and in the Fire they shall dwell forever.
- Muhammad Asad
- IT IS NOT for those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God to visit or tend God's houses of worship, the while [by their beliefs] they bear witness against themselves that they are denying the truth. It is they whose works shall come to nought, and they who in the fire shall abide
- Sahih International
- It is not for the polytheists to maintain the mosques of Allāh [while] witnessing against themselves with disbelief. [For] those, their deeds have become worthless, and in the Fire they will abide eternally.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَاmā | (It) is not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | (It) is not | كون |
| 3 | لِلْمُشْرِكِينَlil'mush'rikīna | for the polytheists | شرك |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | يَعْمُرُوا۟yaʿmurū | they maintain | عمر |
| 6 | مَسَـٰجِدَmasājida | (the) masajid of Allah | سجد |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (the) masajid of Allah | أله |
| 8 | شَـٰهِدِينَshāhidīna | (while) witnessing | شهد |
| 9 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | against | — |
| 10 | أَنفُسِهِمanfusihim | themselves | نفس |
| 11 | بِٱلْكُفْرِ ۚbil-kuf'ri | [with] disbelief | كفر |
| 12 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | (For) those | — |
| 13 | حَبِطَتْḥabiṭat | worthless | حبط |
| 14 | أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhum | (are) their deeds | عمل |
| 15 | وَفِىwafī | and in | — |
| 16 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the Fire | نور |
| 17 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 18 | خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna | (will) abide forever | خلد |