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Al-Hajj 25

Ayah 25 of 78 · Medinan

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلۡنَٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ سَوَآءً ٱلۡعَٰكِفُ فِيهِ وَٱلۡبَادِۚ وَمَن يُرِدۡ فِيهِ بِإِلۡحَادِۭ بِظُلۡمٖ نُّذِقۡهُ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٢٥

Indeed, those who have disbelieved and avert [people] from the way of Allāh and [from] al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, which We made for the people - equal are the resident therein and one from outside - and [also] whoever intends [a deed] therein1 of deviation [in religion] by wrongdoing - We will make him taste of a painful punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Whether inside its boundaries or intending from afar to do evil therein. The Ḥaram is unique in that the mere intention of sin therein (whether or not it is actually carried out) is sufficient to bring punishment from Allāh.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  4. وَيَصُدُّونَand hinderwayaṣuddūna
  5. عَنfromʿan
  6. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  7. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  8. وَٱلۡمَسۡجِدِand Al-Masjid Al-Haraamwal-masjidi
  9. ٱلۡحَرَامِand Al-Masjid Al-Haraaml-ḥarāmi
  10. ٱلَّذِيwhichalladhī
  11. جَعَلۡنَٰهُWe made itjaʿalnāhu
  12. لِلنَّاسِfor the mankindlilnnāsi
  13. سَوَآءًequalsawāan
  14. ٱلۡعَٰكِفُ(are) the residentl-ʿākifu
  15. فِيهِthereinfīhi
  16. وَٱلۡبَادِۚand the visitorwal-bādi
  17. وَمَنand whoeverwaman
  18. يُرِدۡintendsyurid
  19. فِيهِthereinfīhi
  20. بِإِلۡحَادِۭof deviationbi-il'ḥādin
  21. بِظُلۡمٖ(or) wrongdoingbiẓul'min
  22. نُّذِقۡهُWe will make him tastenudhiq'hu
  23. مِنۡofmin
  24. عَذَابٍa punishmentʿadhābin
  25. أَلِيمٖpainfulalīmin

Tafsir

Those who disbelieved in Allah, turn others away from entering Islam and stop people from the Sacred Mosque, like what the idolaters did in the year of Hudaiybiyah, that mosque which I made a direction for people in their prayers and one of the rites of Hajj and Umrah, and in which the person from Makkah who lives there and one who comes there besides the people of Makkah are the same; whoever intends to purposefully commit a shameful sin therein, I will make him taste a painful punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran