At-Tawbah 9:107

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وَالَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مَسْجِدًا ضِرَارًا وَكُفْرًا وَتَفْرِيقًا بَيْنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِرْصَادًا لِمَنْ حَارَبَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۚ وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ إِنْ أَرَدْنَا إِلَّا الْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

القرآن الكريم

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Then there are those who establish a mosque to cause harm, and disbelief, and disunity among the believers, and as an outpost for those who fight Allah and His Messenger. They will swear: “Our intentions are nothing but good.” But Allah bears witness that they are liars.

ClearQuran • Talal Itani • Allah

Then there are those who establish a mosque to cause harm, and disbelief, and disunity among the believers, and as an outpost for those who fight God and His Messenger. They will swear: “Our intentions are nothing but good.” But God bears witness that they are liars.

ClearQuran • Talal Itani • God

Some people built a mosque to cause harm, disbelief, and to divide the believers. They built it to help those who fought against Allah and His Messenger before. They'll promise, "We only wanted to do something good!" But Allah knows they're lying.

ClearQuran for Kids • Talal Itani

Some people built a mosque to cause harm, disbelief, and division among the believers, and as a base for those who fought against Allah and His Messenger before. They will surely swear, "We only meant good!" But Allah Himself testifies that they are lying.

ClearQuran for Teens • Talal Itani

Those who built a mosque to cause harm, disbelief, and division among the believers, and as an outpost for whoever waged war against God and His Messenger before — they will surely swear, “We intended nothing but good.” God bears witness that they are liars.

ClearQuran • AI-assisted

Then there are those who establish a mosque to create trouble, and disbelief, and disunity among the believers, and as an outpost for those who fight Allah and His Messenger. And they swear: “Our intentions are nothing but good.” But Allah testifies that they are liars.

Community • Allah

Then there are those who establish a mosque to create trouble, and disbelief, and disunity among the believers, and as an outpost for those who fight God and His Messenger. And they swear: “Our intentions are nothing but good.” But God testifies that they are liars.

Community • God

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

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.

Hilali and Khan

There are those [hypocrites] who built a mosque to cause harm, promote disbelief and create division among the believers, and as a base for those who had previously fought against Allah and His Messenger. They will surely swear, “We intend nothing but good,” but Allah testifies that they are indeed liars.

Rowwad Translation Center

And there are those who put up a mosque by way of mischief and infidelity - to disunite the Believers - and in preparation for one who warred against Allah and His Messenger aforetime. They will indeed swear that their intention is nothing but good; But Allah doth declare that they are certainly liars.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And as for those who chose a place of worship out of opposition and disbelief, and in order to cause dissent among the believers, and as an outpost for those who warred against Allah and His messenger aforetime, they will surely swear: We purposed naught save good. Allah beareth witness that they verily are liars.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Then there are those who built a mosque to cause harm, to spread apostasy and disunity among the believers -- as an outpost for those who from the outset warred on God and His Messenger. They swear, "Our intentions were nothing but good," but God bears witness that they are lying.

Wahiduddin Khan

Then there are others who have set up a mosque to hurt the True Faith, to promote unbelief, and cause division among believers, and as an ambush for one who had earlier made war on Allah and His Messenger. They will surely swear: "We intended nothing but good," whereas Allah bears witness that they are liars.

Abul A'la Maududi

As for those who took to a mosque for sabotage and for defiance, and to cause division among the faithful, and for the purpose of ambush [used] by those who have fought Allah and His Apostle before—they will surely swear, ‘We desired nothing but good,’ and Allah bears witness that they are indeed liars.

Ali Quli Qarai

Waallatheena ittakhathoo masjidan diraran wakufran watafreeqan bayna almumineena wairsadan liman haraba Allaha warasoolahu min qablu walayahlifunna in aradna illa alhusna waAllahu yashhadu innahum lakathiboona

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