The Spoils of War — Verse 34

8:34 · al-Anfal

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Arabic English Morphology
وَمَا wamā
But what Noun
لَهُمْ lahum
(is) for them Noun
أَلَّا allā
that not Prep
يُعَذِّبَهُمُ yuʿadhibahumu
(should) punish them V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
Allah Noun
وَهُمْ wahum
while they Noun
يَصُدُّونَ yaṣuddūna
hinder (people) V
عَنِ ʿani
from Prep
ٱلْمَسْجِدِ l-masjidi
Al-Masjid Noun
ٱلْحَرَامِ l-ḥarāmi
Al-Haraam Noun
وَمَا wamā
while not Prep
كَانُوٓا۟ kānū
they are V
أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥٓ awliyāahu
its guardians Noun
إِنْ in
Not (can be) Prep
أَوْلِيَآؤُهُۥٓ awliyāuhu
its guardians Noun
إِلَّا illā
except Prep
ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ l-mutaqūna
the ones who fear Allah Noun
وَلَٰكِنَّ walākinna
but Prep
أَكْثَرَهُمْ aktharahum
most of them Noun
لَا lā
(do) not Prep
يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna
know V

yet why should God not punish them when they debar people from the Sacred Mosque, although they are not its [rightful] guardians? Only those mindful of God are its rightful guardians, but most of the disbelievers do not realize this

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَمَا لَهُمۡ أَلَّا یُعَذِّبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَهُمۡ یَصُدُّونَ عَنِ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُوۤا۟ أَوۡلِیَاۤءَهُۥۤۚ إِنۡ أَوۡلِیَاۤؤُهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣٤

wamā lahum allā yuʿadhibahumu l-lahu wahum yaṣuddūna ʿani l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi wamā kānū awliyāahu in awliyāuhu illā l-mutaqūna walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn

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