Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:107

9:107

وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مَسْجِدًا ضِرَارًا وَكُفْرًا وَتَفْرِيقًۢا بَيْنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِرْصَادًا لِّمَنْ حَارَبَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ إِنْ أَرَدْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

wa-alladhīna ittakhadhū masjidan ḍirāran wakuf'ran watafrīqan bayna l-mu'minīna wa-ir'ṣādan liman ḥāraba l-laha warasūlahu min qablu walayaḥlifunna in aradnā illā l-ḥus'nā wal-lahu yashhadu innahum lakādhibūna

And [there are] those [hypocrites] who took for themselves a mosque for causing harm and disbelief and division among the believers and as a station for whoever had warred against Allāh and His Messenger before. And they will surely swear, "We intended only the best." And Allāh testifies that indeed they are liars.

— Saheeh International

Then there are those who built a mosque––in an attempt to cause harm, disbelief, and disunity among the believers––as an outpost for those who fought God and His Messenger before: they swear, ‘Our intentions were nothing but good,’ but God bears witness that they are liars.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And as for those who put up a mosque by way of harm and disbelief and to disunite the believers and as an outpost for those who warred against Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) aforetime, they will indeed swear that their intention is nothing but good. Allâh bears witness that they are certainly liars.

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

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وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūtake
مَسْجِدًۭاmasjidana masjid
ضِرَارًۭاḍirāran(for causing) harm
وَكُفْرًۭاwakuf'ranand (for) disbelief
وَتَفْرِيقًۢاwatafrīqanand (for) division
بَيْنَbaynaamong
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
وَإِرْصَادًۭاwa-ir'ṣādanand (as) a station
لِّمَنْlimanfor whoever
حَارَبَḥārabawarred
ٱللَّهَl-laha(against) Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His Messenger
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُۚqablubefore
وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّwalayaḥlifunnaAnd surely they will swear
إِنْinNot
أَرَدْنَآaradnāwe wish
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلْحُسْنَىٰۖl-ḥus'nāthe good
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuBut Allah
يَشْهَدُyashhadubears witness
إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna(are) surely liars