9:103
Of their goods, take alms, that so thou mightest purify and sanctify
them; and pray on their behalf. Verily thy prayers are a source of
security for them: And Allah is One Who heareth and knoweth
9:104
Know they not that Allah doth accept repentance from His votaries
and receives their gifts of charity, and that Allah is verily He, the
Oft Returning, Most Merciful?
9:105
And say: “Work (righteousness): Soon will Allah observe your
work, and His Messenger, and the Believers: Soon will ye be
brought back to the knower of what is hidden and what is open:
then will He show you the truth of all that ye did.”
9:106
There are (yet) others, held in suspense for the command of Allah,
whether He will punish them, or turn in mercy to them: and Allah
is All-Knowing, Wise.
9:107
And there are those who put up a mosque by way of mischief and
infidelity – to disunite the Believers – and in preparation for one
who warred against Allah and His Messenger aforetime.
They will indeed swear that their intention is nothing but good; But
Allah doth declare thatthey are certainly liars.
9:108
Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whose
foundation was laid from the firstday on piety; it is more worthy of
the standing forth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love to be
purified; and Allah loveth those who make themselves pure.
9:109
Which then is best? – he that layeth his foundation on piety to
Allah and His good pleasure? –or he that layeth his foundation on
an undermined sand-cliff ready to crumble to pieces? and it doth
crumble to pieces with him, into the fire of Hell. And Allah
guideth not people that do wrong.
9:110
The foundation of those who so build is never free from suspicion
and shakiness in their hearts, until their hearts are cut to pieces.
And Allah is All-Knowing, Wise.