Surah 72 · verse 18

Al-Jinn 72:18

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وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا

wa-anna al-masajid lillah fala tad'u ma'a Allah ahad

And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allah, so do not invoke with Allah anyone.

Saheeh International translation

Context in the surah

Verse 15

وَأَمَّا الْقَاسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًا

But as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.'

Verse 16

وَأَن لَّوِ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَاهُم مَّاءً غَدَقًا

And [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant provision

Verse 17

لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًا

So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.

Verse 18

وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا

And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allah, so do not invoke with Allah anyone.

Verse 19

وَأَنَّهُ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًا

And that when the Servant of Allah stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."

Verse 20

قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَدْعُو رَبِّي وَلَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ أَحَدًا

Say, [O Muhammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."

Verse 21

قُلْ إِنِّي لَا أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا رَشَدًا

Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."