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Sūrah 72 · Verse 18

Al-Jinn 72:18

الجن

وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًا

Meaning

The mosques[9] are for Allah alone, so do not supplicate anyone along with Allah.

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

Meaning: English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center. Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website. Version 1.0.19, 2026-03-12. QuranEnc.com

Meaning

And [He revealed] that the masjids[1772] are for Allāh, so do not invoke[1773] with Allāh anyone.

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

Meaning: English Translation - Noor International Center. Issued by Noor International Center. Version 1.1.2, 2025-06-24. QuranEnc.com

Meaning

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

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

Meaning: English Translation - Hilali and Khan. Translated by Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan. Version 1.1.2, 2025-09-04. QuranEnc.com

Meaning

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

Meaning: English Translation - Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall. The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), as distributed by the Tanzil Project (last update 4 September 2010). Version 2010-09-04, 2010-09-04. Tanzil

Al-Jinn

The Arabic is Tanzil’s text, unchanged. The meanings are their publishers’ editions, unchanged; Sabīl’s own reviewers have not yet examined them. Arabic: Tanzil Uthmani text, version 1.1. Source: tanzil.net