Lemma: مَّنَعَ

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And who is more unjust than he who prohibits the name of Allah being glorified in Allah’s temples and seeks to ruin them? It was not proper for such men to enter therein except in fear. For them is disgrace in this world; and theirs shall be a great punishment in the next.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور اس سے زیادہ ظالم کون ہے جس نے منع کیا کہ اللہ کی مسجدوں میں اس کا نام بلند کیا جائے اور انہیں ویران کرنے کی کوشش کی۔ (حالانکہ) ان کے لئے اس کے سوا کچھ جائز نہ تھا کہ وہ ان (مسجدوں) میں ڈرتے ہوئے داخل ہوتے۔ ان کے لئے دنیا میں ذلت اور آخرت میں بہت بڑا عذاب (مقدر) ہے۔

French

Et qui est plus injuste que celui qui empêche qu’on rende gloire au nom d’Allāh dans Ses temples et qui s’efforce à les mettre en ruines ? Il n’était pas convenable que de tels hommes y entrent, sauf avec crainte. Pour eux, il y a la honte ici-bas et un très grand châtiment dans l’au-delà.

German

Und wer ist ungerechter, als wer verhindert, dass Allahs Name verherrlicht werde in Allahs Tempeln, und bestrebt ist, sie zu zerstören? Es ziemte sich nicht für solche, sie anders zu betreten denn in Ehrfurcht. Für sie ist Schande in dieser Welt; und in jener harrt ihrer schwere Strafe.

Chinese

谁比阻止人们进入[d]礼拜安拉的地方去赞念他的尊名并企图破坏它的人更不义? 他们本应以戒惧的心情进入礼拜的地方, 这些人在今世里将受耻辱, 到后世还要受巨大的惩罚。

Italian

E chi è più ingiusto di colui che proibisce la glorificazione del nome di Allah nei templi di Allah e cerca di distruggerli? Tali uomini non erano degni di entrarvi, se non pieni di timore. In questo mondo a loro è riserbato il disprezzo; e per loro ci sarà un grande castigo nel prossimo.

Spanish

Y ¿hay alguien más injusto que quien prohíbe que el nombre de Al-lah sea glorificado en los templos de Al-lah y busca su ruina? No era apropiado que tales hombres entraran en ellos sino con temor. Sobre ellos caerá la ignominia en este mundo; y les está reservado un duro castigo en el próximo.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور اس (شخص) سے بڑھ کر کون ظالم (ہو سکتا) ہے جس نے اللہ کی مساجد سے (لوگوں کو) روکا کہ ان میں اس کا نام لیا جائے اور ان کی ویرانی کے درپے ہو گیا ان (لوگوں) کے لئے مناسب نہ تھا کہ ان (مساجد) کے اندر داخل ہوتے مگر (خدا سے) ڈرتے ہوئے ان کے لئے دنیا میں (بھی) رسوائی ہے اور آخرت میں (بھی) ان کے لئے بڑا عذاب (مقدر) ہے۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

And who is more unjust than he who prohibits the name of Allah being glorified in [a]Allah’s temples and strives to ruin[137] them? It was not proper for such men to enter therein except in fear. For them is disgrace in this world; and theirs shall be a great punishment in the next.

English - Five Volume Translation

And who is more unjust than he who prohibits the name of Allah being glorified in [a]Allah’s temples and seeks to ruin them? It was not proper for such men to enter therein except in fear. For them is disgrace in this world; and theirs shall be a great punishment in the next.[121]

9:17, 18; 22:26; 72:19, 20.

Important Words:

خرابھا (their ruin) is derived from خرب. They say خرب البیت i.e. the house became desolate and deserted. The word خرابwhich is infinitive from it is the opposite of عمارة i.e. to build or to occupy and live in, and is used about a place when it becomes deserted and desolate and ruined (Aqrab).

Commentary:

This verse constitutes a strong indictment of those who carry their religious differences to such extremes that they do not even refrain from perpetrating outrages against the places of worship belonging to other creeds. They hinder people from worshipping God in their sacred places and even go so far as to destroy their temples. Such acts of violence are denounced here in strong terms and a lesson of tolerance and broad-mindedness is inculcated.

The Quran recognizes for all the free and unrestricted right to use their temples and declares that if people wish to worship God in a place of worship, they should not be prevented from doing so; for a temple or a mosque is a place dedicated to the worship of God and anyone who prevents them from worshipping Him in it, in fact, contributes to its ruin and desolation.

This is what Islam teaches about respect for the places of worship, and yet it has come to be condemned as an intolerant religion. Islam is indeed the first and the only religion to inculcate broad-mindedness and teach respect for the religious susceptibilities of all peoples and the Holy Prophet was the first person who carried this great and noble principle into actual practice. He allowed the Christians of Najran to hold their service in his own mosque, the celebrated مسجدالنبی, when they came to have a religious discussion with him at Medina (Zurqani).

It will be noted that the verse prescribes two punishments for those who prohibit the name of Allah being glorified in places of worship. One is disgrace in this world and the other is heavy punishment in the next. The punishment of disgrace is typical of the offence; for a person who first builds a temple or a mosque with the object that the name of God may be remembered in it and then proceeds to prevent people from worshipping Him therein cannot but bring upon himself humiliation and disgrace in the eyes of the world. The words also contain a prophecy about the disbelievers of Mecca who prevented the Muslims from entering the Ka‘bah. The prophecy was fulfilled when Mecca was taken and the infidels met with humiliation and disgrace. Finally, it may be noted that the verse should not be understood to mean that the Quran advocates the unqualified access for all sorts of persons to all places of worship without regard to circumstances. In fact, only those who wish to use them for the specific purpose of God’s worship and have no ulterior motive are allowed.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

اوراس شخص سے بڑھ کر ظالم کون ہوگا جو اللہ کے معبدوں میں اس کے نام کی یاد سے روکے اور ان کی ویرانی کے درپے ہو؟ ایسے لوگ اس قابل ہیں کہ ان کی عبادت گاہوں میں قدم نہ رکھیں اور اگر وہاں جائیں بھی، تو ڈرتے ہوئے جائیں ان کے لیے تو دنیا میں رسوائی ہے اور آخرت میں عذاب عظیم

English - Sahih

And who are more unjust than those who prevent the name of Allah from being mentioned in His mosques and strive toward their destruction. It is not for them to enter them except in fear. For them in this world is disgrace, and they will have in the Hereafter a great punishment.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اوراس سے بڑھ کر کون ظالم ہوگا جس نے الله کی مسجدوں میں اس کا نام لینے کی ممانعت کردی اور ان کے ویران کرنے کی کوشش کی ایسے لوگوں کا حق نہیں ہے کہ ان میں داخل ہوں مگر ڈرتے ہوئے ان کے لیے دنیا میں بھی ذلت ہے اوران کے لیے آخرت میں بہت بڑا عذاب ہے

English - Talal Itani

And who (is) more unjust than (one) who prevents (the) masajid (of) Allah to be mentioned in them His name, and strives for their destruction? Those! Not it is for them that they enter them except (like) those in fear. For them in the world (is) disgrace and for them in the Hereafter (is) a punishment great.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

d

9:17-18; 22:26; 72:19-20.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

And who does greater evil than he who bars God's places of worship, so that His Name be not rehearsed in them, and strives to destroy them? Such men might never enter them, save in fear; for them is degradation in the present world, and in the world to come a mighty chastisement.

English - Maududi

And who could be a greater wrongdoer than the one who forbids the mention of Allah's name in places of worship and strives for their ruin? Such people do not deserve to enter the places of worship, and, if they enter at all, they should do so in fear; for there is ignominy for them in this world and an awful punishment in the Hereafter.

English - Ahmed Ali

And who is more unjust than he who prohibits the name of God being used in His mosques, who hurries to despoil them even though he has no right to enter them except in reverence? For them is ignominy in the world and severe punishment in the life to come.

English - Yusuf Ali

And who is more unjust than he who forbids that in places for the worship of Allah, Allah's name should be celebrated?-whose zeal is (in fact) to ruin them? It was not fitting that such should themselves enter them except in fear. For them there is nothing but disgrace in this world, and in the world to come, an exceeding torment.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

9:17, 18; 22:26; 72:19, 20.

121

Important Words:

خرابھا (their ruin) is derived from خرب. They say خرب البیت i.e. the house became desolate and deserted. The word خرابwhich is infinitive from it is the opposite of عمارة i.e. to build or to occupy and live in, and is used about a place when it becomes deserted and desolate and ruined (Aqrab).

Commentary:

This verse constitutes a strong indictment of those who carry their religious differences to such extremes that they do not even refrain from perpetrating outrages against the places of worship belonging to other creeds. They hinder people from worshipping God in their sacred places and even go so far as to destroy their temples. Such acts of violence are denounced here in strong terms and a lesson of tolerance and broad-mindedness is inculcated.

The Quran recognizes for all the free and unrestricted right to use their temples and declares that if people wish to worship God in a place of worship, they should not be prevented from doing so; for a temple or a mosque is a place dedicated to the worship of God and anyone who prevents them from worshipping Him in it, in fact, contributes to its ruin and desolation.

This is what Islam teaches about respect for the places of worship, and yet it has come to be condemned as an intolerant religion. Islam is indeed the first and the only religion to inculcate broad-mindedness and teach respect for the religious susceptibilities of all peoples and the Holy Prophet was the first person who carried this great and noble principle into actual practice. He allowed the Christians of Najran to hold their service in his own mosque, the celebrated مسجدالنبی, when they came to have a religious discussion with him at Medina (Zurqani).

It will be noted that the verse prescribes two punishments for those who prohibit the name of Allah being glorified in places of worship. One is disgrace in this world and the other is heavy punishment in the next. The punishment of disgrace is typical of the offence; for a person who first builds a temple or a mosque with the object that the name of God may be remembered in it and then proceeds to prevent people from worshipping Him therein cannot but bring upon himself humiliation and disgrace in the eyes of the world. The words also contain a prophecy about the disbelievers of Mecca who prevented the Muslims from entering the Ka‘bah. The prophecy was fulfilled when Mecca was taken and the infidels met with humiliation and disgrace. Finally, it may be noted that the verse should not be understood to mean that the Quran advocates the unqualified access for all sorts of persons to all places of worship without regard to circumstances. In fact, only those who wish to use them for the specific purpose of God’s worship and have no ulterior motive are allowed.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

a

9:17-18; 22:26; 72:19-20.

137

The verse constitutes a strong indictment of those who carry their religious differences to such extremes that they do not even refrain from perpetrating outrages against the places of worship belonging to other creeds. They hinder people from worshipping God in their sacred places and even go so far as to destroy their temples. Such acts of violence are denounced here in strong terms and a lesson of tolerance and broad-mindedness is inculcated. The Qur’an recognizes for all men the free and unrestricted right to worship God in a place of worship, for a temple or a mosque is a place dedicated to the worship of God, and the person who prevents other men from worshipping Him in it, in fact, contributes to its ruin and desolation.

English - Pickthall

And who doth greater wrong than he who forbiddeth the approach to the sanctuaries of Allah lest His name should be mentioned therein, and striveth for their ruin. As for such, it was never meant that they should enter them except in fear. Theirs in the world is ignominy and theirs in the Hereafter is an awful doom.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And who is more unjust than he who prevents (men) from the mosques of Allah, from His name being remembered therein, and strives to ruin them? (As for) these, it was not proper for them to enter them except in fear. For them is disgrace in this world, and theirs is a grievous chastisement in the Hereafter.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Who can be guilty of a greater wrong than one who forbids Allah’s name being glorified in His mosques and seeks to bring about their ruin? It behoves not such to enter therein except in fear of Allah. For them is disgrace in this world and a great chastisement in the next.

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