Surah Al-Jinn 72:18 — translation and meaning
الجن · Verse 18 / 28 · Page 573
وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا
Word by Word
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
And that
الْمَسَاجِدَ
al-masajida
the masajid
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
(are) for Allah
فَلَا
fala
so (do) not
تَدْعُوا
tad'u
call
مَعَ
ma'a
with
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
أَحَدًا
ahadan
anyone
Transliteration
Wa annal masaajida lillaahi falaa tad'oo ma'al laahi ahadaa
Translation
And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allah, so do not invoke with Allah anyone.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And that the mosques belong to Him (may He be glorified) and not to anyone else. So do not call on anyone together with Allah and become like the Jews and the Christians in their synagogues and churches.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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