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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War) · Ayah 34

وَمَا لَهُمْ أَلَّا يُعَذِّبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ عَنِ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ 34

But why should Allāh not punish them while they obstruct [people] from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām and they were not [fit to be] its guardians? Its [true] guardians are not but the righteous, but most of them do not know.

وَمَاwamāBut what
noun
لَهُمْlahum(is) for them
noun
أَلَّاallāthat not
يُعَذِّبَهُمُyuʿadhibahumu(should) punish them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
noun
يَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūnahinder (people)
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidiAl-Masjid
ٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
وَمَاwamāwhile not
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey are
أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥٓ ۚawliyāahuits guardians
إِنْinNot (can be)
أَوْلِيَآؤُهُۥٓawliyāuhuits guardians
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلْمُتَّقُونَl-mutaqūnathe ones who fear Allah
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
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