At-Tawbah 9:18 انما يعمر مساجد الله من امن بالله واليوم الاخر واقام الصلاة واتى الزكاة ولم يخش الا الله فعسى اولايك ان يكونوا من المهتدين ١٨
إِنَّمَا
يَعۡمُرُ
مَسَٰجِدَ
ٱللَّهِ
مَنۡ
ءَامَنَ
بِٱللَّهِ
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ
ٱلۡأٓخِرِ
وَأَقَامَ
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
وَءَاتَى
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
وَلَمۡ
يَخۡشَ
إِلَّا
ٱللَّهَۖ
فَعَسَىٰٓ
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
أَن
يَكُونُواْ
مِنَ
ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ
١٨
He only shall tend Allah's sanctuaries who believeth in Allah and the Last Day and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor-due and feareth none save Allah. For such (only) is it possible that they can be of the rightly guided.
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