Quran 9:19 — At-Tawba, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you consider giving water to pilgrims and tending the Sacred Mosque to be equal to the deeds of those who believe in God and the Last Day and who strive in God’s path? They are not equal in God’s eyes. God does not guide such benighted people.
أَجَعَلْتُمْ سِقَايَةَ الْحَاجِّ وَعِمَارَةَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ كَمَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَجَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ لَا يَسْتَوُونَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
ajaʿaltum siqāyata l-ḥāji waʿimārata l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi kaman āmana bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri wajāhada fī sabīli l-lahi lā yastawūna ʿinda l-lahi wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Do you reckon the giving of water to pilgrims and the inhabiting of the Holy Mosque as the same as one who believes in God and the Last Day and struggles in the way of God? Not equal are they in God's sight; and God guides not the people of the evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Do you, perchance, regard the [mere] giving of water to pilgrims and the tending of the Inviolable House of Worship as being equal to [the works of] one who believes in God and the Last Day and strives hard in God's cause? These [things] are not equal in the sight of God. And God does not grace with His guidance people who [deliberately] do wrong.
- Sahih International
- Have you made the providing of water for the pilgrim and the maintenance of al-Masjid al-Ḥarām equal to [the deeds of] one who believes in Allāh and the Last Day and strives in the cause of Allāh? They are not equal in the sight of Allāh. And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ أَجَعَلْتُمْajaʿaltum | Do you make | جعل |
| 2 | سِقَايَةَsiqāyata | the providing of water | سقي |
| 3 | ٱلْحَآجِّl-ḥāji | (to) the pilgrims | حجج |
| 4 | وَعِمَارَةَwaʿimārata | and (the) maintenance | عمر |
| 5 | ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi | (of) Al-Masjid Al-Haraam | سجد |
| 6 | ٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmi | (of) Al-Masjid Al-Haraam | حرم |
| 7 | كَمَنْkaman | like (the one) who | — |
| 8 | ءَامَنَāmana | believes | أمن |
| 9 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 10 | وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmi | and the Day | يوم |
| 11 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhiri | the Last | أخر |
| 12 | وَجَـٰهَدَwajāhada | and strives | جهد |
| 13 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 14 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 16 | لَاlā | They are not equal | — |
| 17 | يَسْتَوُۥنَyastawūna | They are not equal | سوي |
| 18 | عِندَʿinda | near | عند |
| 19 | ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 20 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 21 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 22 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 23 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 24 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |