Surah Al-Jinn (الجن) • The Jinn

Quran 72:18

72:18

وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًا

wa-anna l-masājida lillahi falā tadʿū maʿa l-lahi aḥadan

And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allāh, so do not invoke with Allāh anyone.

— Saheeh International

Places of worship are for God alone- so do not pray to anyone other than God-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the mosques are for Allâh (Alone): so invoke not anyone along with Allâh.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 29Page 573meccan

Word by Word

وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that
ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدَl-masājidathe masjids
لِلَّهِlillahi(are) for Allah
فَلَاfalāso (do) not
تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūcall
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
أَحَدًۭاaḥadananyone