۞ أَجَعَلْتُمْ سِقَايَةَ ٱلْحَآجِّ وَعِمَارَةَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ كَمَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَجَـٰهَدَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ لَا يَسْتَوُۥنَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Aja'altum siqaayatal haaajji wa 'imaaratal masjidil haraami kamman aamana billaahi wal Yawmil Aakhiri wa jaahada fee sabeelil laah; laa yastawoona 'indal laah; wallaahu laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen
Hacca gelenlere su vermeyi, Mescidi Haramı onarmayı, Allah'a ve ahiret gününe inananla, Allah yolunda cihat edenle bir mi tuttunuz? Allah katında bir olmazlar; Allah zulmeden milleti doğru yola eriştirmez.
Do you count giving water to the pilgrims and tending the Sacred Mosque as equal to the one who believes in God and the last day and strives in the path of God? They are not equal in the sight of God. And God does not guide the wrongdoing people.
Watering the pilgrims and the upkeep of the Sacred Mosque were hereditary honours held by Meccan clans, and commentators connect the verse to more than one boast about them: al-ʿAbbas's after his capture at Badr, and an argument among believers over which deed ranked highest. Arabic sets an activity against a person in the comparison, so grammarians supply a missing word on one side, either the people of the watering or the faith of the believer.