الْاَنْفَالِ

Surah Al-Anfal, ayah 34

The Spoils of War · Medinan · 75 ayahs

8:34

وَمَا لَهُمْ اَلَّا یُعَذِّبَهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَهُمْ یَصُدُّونَ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُٓوا اَوْلِیَٓاءَهُؕ اِنْ اَوْلِیَٓاؤُ𐻾هُٓ اِلَّا الْمُتَّقُونَ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا یَعْلَمُونَ

Wama lahum alla yuAAaththibahumu Allahu wahum yasuddoona AAani almasjidi alharami wama kanoo awliyaahu in awliyaohu illa almuttaqoona walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona

Translations

But why should Allah not punish them while they obstruct [people] from al-Masjid al- Haram and they were not [fit to be] its guardians? Its [true] guardians are not but the righteous, but most of them do not know

Saheeh International

What (plea) have they that Allah should not punish them, when they debar (His servants) from the Inviolable Place of Worship, though they are not its fitting guardians. Its fitting guardians are those only who keep their duty to Allah. But most of them know not

Marmaduke Pickthall