Masjid, Allah-azwj’s house; Mosque
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ مَنَعَ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ وَسَعَىٰ فِي خَرَابِهَا ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا إِلَّا خَائِفِينَ ۚ لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ {114}
And who is more unjust than one who prevents (people from) the ‘مَسَاجِدَ’ Masjids of Allah, that His Name be mentioned in them, and strives to ruin them? (As for) they, it was not for them that they should be entering them except fearing; for them in the world is disgrace, and for them in the Hereafter is a grievous Punishment [2:114]
أبو علي الطبرسي- في معنى الآية- عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام): «أنهم قريش حين منعوا رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) دخول مكة و المسجد الحرام
Abu Ali Al Tabarsy –
Regarding the meaning of the Verse – from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘These were the Quraysh where they were preventing Rasool-Allah-saww entering Makkah and the Sacred Masjid’.[1]
[1] مجمع البيان 1: 361