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13 Jumada al-awwal 1448 AH Saturday, 24 October 2026
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At-Tawbah 9:17

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مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يَعْمُرُوا۟ مَسَـٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ شَـٰهِدِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِم بِٱلْكُفْرِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ وَفِى ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ خَـٰلِدُونَ

It is not for the polytheists to maintain the mosques of Allāh [while] witnessing against themselves with disbelief. [For] those, their deeds have become worthless, and in the Fire they will abide eternally.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى : ما ينبغي للمشركين بالله أن يعمروا مساجد الله التي بنيت على اسمه وحده لا شريك له . ومن قرأ : " مسجد الله " فأراد به المسجد الحرام ، أشرف المساجد في الأرض ، الذي بني من أول يوم على عبادة الله وحده لا شريك له . وأسسه خليل الرحمن هذا ، وهم شاهدون على أنفسهم بالكفر ، أي : بحالهم وقالهم ، كما قال السدي : لو سألت النصراني : ما دينك ؟ لقال : نصراني ، واليهودي : ما دينك ؟ لقال يهودي ، والصابئي لقال : صابئي ، والمشرك لقال : مشرك .( أولئك حبطت أعمالهم ) أي : بشركهم ، ( وفي النار هم خالدون ) كما قال تعالى : ( وما لهم ألا يعذبهم الله وهم يصدون عن المسجد الحرام وما كانوا أولياءه إن أولياؤه إلا المتقون ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون ) [ الأنفال : 34 ] ؛ ولهذا قال :

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