Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:108

9:108

لَا تَقُمْ فِيهِ أَبَدًا ۚ لَّمَسْجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ أَحَقُّ أَن تَقُومَ فِيهِ ۚ فِيهِ رِجَالٌ يُحِبُّونَ أَن يَتَطَهَّرُوا۟ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُطَّهِّرِينَ

lā taqum fīhi abadan lamasjidun ussisa ʿalā l-taqwā min awwali yawmin aḥaqqu an taqūma fīhi fīhi rijālun yuḥibbūna an yataṭahharū wal-lahu yuḥibbu l-muṭahirīna

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

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], never pray in that mosque. You should rather pray in a mosque founded from its first day on consciousness of God: in this mosque there are men who desire to grow in purity- God loves those who seek to purify themselves.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Never stand you therein. Verily, the mosque whose foundation was laid from the first day on piety is more worthy that you stand therein (to pray). In it are men who love to clean and to purify themselves. And Allâh loves those who make themselves clean and pure [i.e. who clean their private parts with dust (which has the properties of soap) and water from urine and stools, after answering the call of nature].

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

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لَاlā(Do) not
تَقُمْtaqumstand
فِيهِfīhiin it
أَبَدًۭاۚabadanever
لَّمَسْجِدٌlamasjidunA masjid
أُسِّسَussisafounded
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلتَّقْوَىٰl-taqwāthe righteousness
مِنْminfrom
أَوَّلِawwali(the) first
يَوْمٍyawminday
أَحَقُّaḥaqqu(is) more worthy
أَنanthat
تَقُومَtaqūmayou stand
فِيهِۚfīhiin it
فِيهِfīhiWithin it
رِجَالٌۭrijālun(are) men
يُحِبُّونَyuḥibbūnawho love
أَنanto
يَتَطَهَّرُوا۟ۚyataṭahharūpurify themselves
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
يُحِبُّyuḥibbuloves
ٱلْمُطَّهِّرِينَl-muṭahirīnathe ones who purify themselves