Tafsir Ibn Abbas: At-Tawba, Ayah 17

At-Tawba · Ayah 17 · View Ayah
مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يَعْمُرُوا۟ مَسَٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ شَٰهِدِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِم بِٱلْكُفْرِ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ وَفِى ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ خَٰلِدُونَ
It is not for the polytheists to maintain the mosques of Allah [while] witnessing against themselves with disbelief. [For] those, their deeds have become worthless, and in the Fire they will abide eternally.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(It is not for the idolaters) the idolaters ought not (to tend Allah's sanctuaries, bearing witness against themselves) through their calling (of disbelief. As for such, their works are vain) their works are thwarted for as long as they remain disbelievers (and in the Fire they will abide) never to die or leave it.

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It is not for the idolaters to attend God’s places of worship masājid is also read in the singular masjid entering them or sitting in them bearing witness against themselves to unbelief; those their works have failed their works are invalid and in the Fire they shall abide.

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