Surah Al-Anfal, ayah 34
وَمَا لَهُمْ أَلَّا يُعَذِّبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ عَنِ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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.
Al-Anfal · 8:34
Word by word
- وَمَاwamāBut what
- لَهُمْlahum(is) for them
- أَلَّاallāthat not
- يُعَذِّبَهُمُyuʿadhibahumu(should) punish them
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- وَهُمْwahumwhile they
- يَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūnahinder (people)
- عَنِʿanifrom
- ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidiAl-Masjid
- ٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
- وَمَاwamāwhile not
- كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey are
- أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥٓ ۚawliyāahuits guardians
- إِنْinNot (can be)
- أَوْلِيَآؤُهُۥٓawliyāuhuits guardians
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلْمُتَّقُونَl-mutaqūnathe ones who fear Allah
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
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