أَفَمَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَـٰنَهُۥ
عَلَىٰ تَقْوَىٰ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ
وَرِضْوَٰنٍ خَيْرٌ أَم
مَّنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَـٰنَهُ
ۥ عَلَىٰ شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ
فَٱنْهَارَ بِهِۦ فِى نَارِ
جَهَنَّمَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى
ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
لَا يَزَالُ بُنْيَـٰنُهُمُ
ٱلَّذِى بَنَوْا۟ رِيبَةً فِى
قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَقَطَّعَ
قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
Is it then he who
laid foundation
of his building on
Taqwa to Allah and
His good pleasure
better, or he who
laid the foundation
of his building on
the brink of an
undetermined
precipice ready
to crumble down,
so that it crumbled
to pieces with him
into fire of Hell.
And Allah guides
not people who
are wrongdoers.
The building which
they built will
never cease to be
a cause of hypocrisy
and doubt in their
hearts unless
their hearts are
cut to pieces. And
Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise.
The Difference between Masjid At-Taqwa and Masjid Ad-Dirar
Allah the Exalted says that the Masjid that has been built on the basis of Taqwa of Allah and His pleasure is not the same as a Masjid that was been built based on causing harm, disbelief and causing division among the believers, and as an outpost for those who warred against Allah and His Messenger . The latter built their Masjid on the edge of a steep hole,
فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ
وَاللَّهُ لاَ يَهْدِى
الْقَوْمَ الظَّـلِمِينَ
into the fire of Hell. And Allah guides not the people who are the wrongdoers.
Allah does not bring aright the works of those who commit mischief. Jabir bin `Abdullah said, “I saw the Masjid that was built to cause harm with smoke rising up from it, during the time of the Messenger of Allah .” Allah’s statement,
لاَ يَزَالُ بُنْيَانُهُمُ
الَّذِى بَنَوْاْ
رِيبَةً فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ
The building which they built will never cease to be a cause of doubt in their hearts
and hypocrisy. Because of this awful action that they committed, they inherited hypocrisy in their hearts, just as those who worshipped the calf were inclined to adoring it. Allah said next,
إِلاَّ أَن تَقَطَّعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ
unless their hearts are cut to pieces
until they die, according to Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah, Zayd bin Aslam, As-Suddi, Habib bin Abi Thabit, Ad-Dahhak, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and several other scholars of the Salaf.
وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ
And Allah is All-Knowing
of the actions of His creation,
حَكِيمٌ
All-Wise
in compensating them for their good or evil actions.