Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 1 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 410

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

مَسْجِدًا، وَكُلُّ مَوْضِعٍ قُصِدَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فِيهِ فَقَدِ اتُّخِذَ مَسْجِدًا، بَلْ كُلُّ مَوْضِعٍ يُصَلَّى فِيهِ يُسَمَّى مَسْجِدًا، كَمَا قَالَ : «جُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ مَسْجِدًا وَطَهُورًا

A mosque, and every place where prayer is intended is considered a mosque; indeed, every place where one prays is called a mosque, as he said: 'The earth has been made for me a place of prostration (masjid) and a means of purification' (1).

مَسْجِدًا يُصَلُّونَ فِيهِ مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُبْنَ، لَكِنْ لَمَّا كَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ تُقْصَدُ فِيهِ صَارَ يُسَمَّى مَسْجِدًا

A mosque where they pray, even though it was not built [as a mosque]; however, since prayer is intended in it, it has come to be called a mosque.

قَوْلُهُ : «بَلْ كُلُّ مَوْضِعٍ يُصَلَّى

His statement: 'Indeed, every place where one prays.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (9 verbs · 15 nouns)

• قَصَدَ — to intend
• اِتَّخَذَ — to take
• صَلَّى — to pray
• مَسْجِدٌ — mosque
• مَوْضِعٌ — place
• صَلَاةٌ — prayer