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Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 18

سورة الجن، الآية ١٨

72:18 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 573 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 72:18

وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًا ۝١٨

Transliteration

wa-anna l-masājida lillahi falā tadʿū maʿa l-lahi aḥadan

Translation

And [He revealed] that the masjids1772 are for Allāh, so do not invoke1773 with Allāh anyone.

Notes

[1772] The term "masjid" here includes every place of worship or the earth in general.
[1773] Or "worship."

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Verse 18 of Surah Al-Jinn (72:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 573 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 18

Al-Mukhtasar

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.

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Other translations of verse 18

The mosques9 are for Allah alone, so do not supplicate anyone along with Allah.

Notes

[9] "Masjid" here means every place of worship on earth.

And the mosques are for Allâh (Alone): so invoke not anyone along with Allâh.3

Notes

[3] (V.72:18) See the footnote of (V.2:165).

And the places of worship are only for Allah, so pray not unto anyone along with Allah.

"And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any one along with Allah;

And that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not upon any one with Allah:

And that the mosques belong to Allah; so do not invoke, along with Allah, anyone.

Verse 18 word by word

  1. وَأَنَّ wa-anna And that
  2. ٱلْمَسَٰجِدَ l-masājida the masjids س ج د
  3. لِلَّهِ lillahi (are) for Allah
  4. فَلَا falā so (do) not
  5. تَدْعُوا۟ tadʿū call د ع و
  6. مَعَ maʿa with
  7. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  8. أَحَدًا aḥadan anyone أ ح د

Verses related to verse 18

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Ma’idah 5:67

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

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