وَمَا But what لَهُمْ (is) for them أَلَّا that not يُعَذِّبَهُمُ (should) punish them ٱللَّهُ Allah وَهُمْ while they يَصُدُّونَ hinder (people) عَنِ from ٱلْمَسْجِدِ Al-Masjid ٱلْحَرَامِ Al-Haraam وَمَا while not كَانُوٓا۟ they are أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥٓ ۚ its guardians إِنْ Not (can be) أَوْلِيَآؤُهُۥٓ its guardians إِلَّا except ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ the ones who fear Allah وَلَـٰكِنَّ but أَكْثَرَهُمْ most of them لَا (do) not يَعْلَمُونَ know ٣٤
But why should Allāh not punish them while they obstruct [people] from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām and they were not [fit to be] its guardians? Its [true] guardians are not but the righteous, but most of them do not know.
— Come To Light