Al-Anfal 8:35 وما كان صلاتهم عند البيت الا مكاء وتصدية فذوقوا العذاب بما كنتم تكفرون ٣٥

8:35

وَمَا

كَانَ

صَلَاتُهُمۡ

عِندَ

ٱلۡبَيۡتِ

إِلَّا

مُكَآءٗ

وَتَصۡدِيَةٗۚ

فَذُوقُواْ

ٱلۡعَذَابَ

بِمَا

كُنتُمۡ

تَكۡفُرُونَ

٣٥

And their prayer near the House was not more than whistling and clapping. So, taste the punishment, because you used to disbelieve.

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Chapter 8, Page 181, Juz 9

29. O you who believe, if you fear Allah, He will provide you with a criterion (to distinguish between right and wrong) and will write off your evil deeds and will forgive you. Allah is the Lord of great bounty. 30. And (recall) when the disbelievers were conspiring against you to hold you as a captive, or to kill you, or to expel you. They were planning, and Allah was planning, and Allah is the best planner. 31. When Our verses are recited to them, they say, “We have heard; if we wish, we can compose a discourse like this. It is nothing but the tales of the ancient people.” 32. And (recall) when they said, “O Allah, if this is indeed the truth (revealed) from You, then, rain down stones upon us from the heavens, or bring upon us a painful punishment.” 33. And Allah was not to send scourge upon them while you (O Prophet), were in their midst, nor would Allah send scourge upon them while they are seeking forgiveness. 34. And what privilege do they have that Allah should not punish them, while they prevent (people) from Al-Masjid-ul-Harām (the Sacred Mosque), even though they are not (competent to be) its custodians? Its (competent) custodians are none but the God-fearing, but most of them do not know. 35. And their prayer near the House was not more than whistling and clapping. So, taste the punishment, because you used to disbelieve. 36. Surely, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to prevent (people) from the way of Allah. So, they shall spend it, then it will become remorse for them, then they shall be overpowered, and those who disbelieve shall be gathered into Jahannam , 37. so that Allah may separate the wicked from the good people, and join the wicked with each other, and heaps them all together, and puts them into Jahannam . Those are the losers.

- T. Usmani