Surah At-Tawbah — Verse 108
The Repentance · 9:108 · 108/129
لَا تَقُمْ فِيهِ أَبَدًا ۚ لَّمَسْجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ أَحَقُّ أَن تَقُومَ فِيهِ ۚ فِيهِ رِجَالٌ يُحِبُّونَ أَن يَتَطَهَّرُوا۟ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُطَّهِّرِينَ
La taqum feehi abadan lamasjidunossisa AAala attaqwa min awwali yawmin ahaqquan taqooma feehi feehi rijalun yuhibboona an yatatahharoowallahu yuhibbu almuttahhireen
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
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.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
[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.
Marmaduke Pickthall
Never stand (to pray) there. A place of worship which was found upon duty (to Allah) from the first day is more worthy that thou shouldst stand (to pray) therein, wherein are men who love to purify themselves. Allah loveth the purifiers.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whose foundation was laid from the first day on piety; it is more worthy of the standing forth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love to be purified; and Allah loveth those who make themselves pure.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Do not ever stand there (in prayer). In fact, the mosque that was founded on Taqwā (piety) from the very first day has greater right that you stand in it. In it there are people who like to observe purity; and Allah loves those observing purity.
Al-Hilali & Khan
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].
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
[9:108] Never stand therein. Surely a mosque founded from the first day on piety is more worthy that you should stand in it for Prayer. In it are people who love to purify themselves, and Allah loves those that purify themselves.
Reason for Revelation Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Arabic source: al-Wāḥidī / al-Suyūṭī, via Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies (CC BY 4.0)
قال تعالى: {لَا تَقُمْ فِيهِ أَبَدًا لَمَسْجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى التَّقْوَى مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَقُومَ فِيهِ فِيهِ رِجَالٌ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَتَطَهَّرُوا وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُطَّهِّرِينَ (108)} [التوبة: 108].
213 - عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رضي الله عنه -، عَنِ النَّبِي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِي أَهْلِ قُبَاءٍ، {فِيهِ رِجَالٌ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَتَطَهَّرُوا} قَالَ: كَانُوا يَسْتَنْجُونَ بِالْمَاءِ، فَنَزَلَتْ فِيهِمْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ ¬أخرجه أبو داود برقم: 44، والترمذي برقم: 3099، وابن ماجه برقم: 357، وابن خزيمة برقم: 83، والحاكم في المستدرك: 1/ 257 برقم: 554، وصححه الحاكم ووافقه الذهبي، والألباني، والحديث صحيح كما قالوا.¥.