مَا کَانَ لِلْمُشْرِکِینَ أَن یَعْمُرُوا مَسَـجِدَ اللهِ شَـهِدِینَ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِم بِالْکُفْرِ أَوْلَـئِکَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـلَهُمْ وَفِى النَّارِهُمْ خَـلِدُونَ (17) إِنَّمَا یَعْمُرُ مَسَـجِدَ اللهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِاللهِ وَالْیُومِ الاَْخِرِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَوةَ وَءَاتَى الزَّکَوةَ وَلَمْ یَخْشَ إِلاَّ اللهَ فَعَسَى أَوْلَـئِکَ أَن یَکُونُوا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِینَ (18) 17- IT IS NOT UP TO THE POLYTHEISTS TO MAINTAIN THE MOSQUES OF ALLAH, WHILE THEY BEAR WITNESS TO INFIDELITY AGAINST THEMSELVES. THEY ARE THOSE WHOSE DEEDS HAVE FAILED THEM, AND IN THE FIRE THEY SHALL ABIDE FOREVER.
18- ONLY HE SHOULD MAINTAIN THE MOSQUES OF ALLAH WHO BELIEVES IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY, AND PERFORMS THE PRAYER, AND PAYS THE ALMS- TAX, AND FEARS NOTHING EXCEPT ALLAH; IT MIGHT BE THAT THEY ARE OF THOSE WHO ARE GUIDED.