Skip to content

At-Tawbah 108

Ayah 108 of 129 · Medinan

لَا تَقُمۡ فِيهِ أَبَدٗاۚ لَّمَسۡجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ مِنۡ أَوَّلِ يَوۡمٍ أَحَقُّ أَن تَقُومَ فِيهِۚ فِيهِ رِجَالٞ يُحِبُّونَ أَن يَتَطَهَّرُواْۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُطَّهِّرِينَ ١٠٨

Do not stand [for prayer] within it - ever. A mosque founded on righteousness from the first day1 is more worthy for you to stand in. Within it are men who love to purify themselves; and Allāh loves those who purify themselves.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 This description is of the Qubā’ mosque.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَا(Do) notlā
  2. تَقُمۡstandtaqum
  3. فِيهِin itfīhi
  4. أَبَدٗاۚeverabadan
  5. لَّمَسۡجِدٌA masjidlamasjidun
  6. أُسِّسَfoundedussisa
  7. عَلَىonʿalā
  8. ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰthe righteousnessl-taqwā
  9. مِنۡfrommin
  10. أَوَّلِ(the) firstawwali
  11. يَوۡمٍdayyawmin
  12. أَحَقُّ(is) more worthyaḥaqqu
  13. أَنthatan
  14. تَقُومَyou standtaqūma
  15. فِيهِۚin itfīhi
  16. فِيهِWithin itfīhi
  17. رِجَالٞ(are) menrijālun
  18. يُحِبُّونَwho loveyuḥibbūna
  19. أَنtoan
  20. يَتَطَهَّرُواْۚpurify themselvesyataṭahharū
  21. وَٱللَّهُand Allahwal-lahu
  22. يُحِبُّlovesyuḥibbu
  23. ٱلۡمُطَّهِّرِينَthe ones who purify themselvesl-muṭahirīna

Tafsir

Do not accept, O Prophet, the invitation of the hypocrites to you to pray in this mosque which was built for immoral purposes. Rather, the Qubā’ mosque which was founded from its beginning on Mindfulness is more worthy of your praying in it than this mosque that was founded on disbelief. In the Qubā’ mosque, there are men who love to purify themselves from ritual and physical impurities with water, as well as from sins with repentance and seeking forgiveness. Allah loves those who purify themselves from ritual and physical impurities and from sins.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran