Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:18

9:18

إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَـٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَلَمْ يَخْشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ ۖ فَعَسَىٰٓ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَن يَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

innamā yaʿmuru masājida l-lahi man āmana bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri wa-aqāma l-ṣalata waātā l-zakata walam yakhsha illā l-laha faʿasā ulāika an yakūnū mina l-muh'tadīna

The mosques of Allāh are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allāh and the Last Day and establish prayer and give zakāh and do not fear except Allāh, for it is expected that those will be of the [rightly] guided.

— Saheeh International

The only ones who should tend God’s places of worship are those who believe in God and the Last Day, who keep up the prayer, who pay the prescribed alms, and who fear no one but God: such people may hope to be among the rightly guided.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The Mosques of Allâh shall be maintained only by those who believe in Allâh and the Last Day, perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât), and give Zakât and fear none but Allâh. It is they who are on true guidance.

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

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Word by Word

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
يَعْمُرُyaʿmuruwill maintain
مَسَـٰجِدَmasājida(the) masajid of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) masajid of Allah
مَنْman(the one) who
ءَامَنَāmanabelieves
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last
وَأَقَامَwa-aqāmaand establishes
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَءَاتَىwaātāand gives
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
وَلَمْwalamand not
يَخْشَyakhshafear
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱللَّهَۖl-lahaAllah
فَعَسَىٰٓfaʿasāThen perhaps
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
أَنan[that]
يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey are
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُهْتَدِينَl-muh'tadīnathe guided ones