What is preventing them that Lord Allah should not punish them; they are the ones obstructing men from Sacred Masjid and they are not its guardians? No one can be its guardians except the heedful, but most of them are not knowing
It is told in verses 9: 17-18: “For the Mushriks who are associating others in the dominion of Allah can't be the guardians of Lord’s Masjids since they are witnessing against their soul that they are disbelievers. Those are the ones whose deeds are in vain, in the Fire they will remain forever”. The guardians of Lord's Masjids should be those who believe with Lord Allah and with the Hereafter, establish the prayers, pay welfare tax and who will not fear anyone except Allah; such may expect that they shall be guided. See explanation 2: 39 and 114.
Today the hypocritical men and women, as well as Mushrik men and women, are reading these verses. But they by hiding and rejecting Adhikr—which explains everything, Guidance, Mercy and Herald for Muslims as told in verse 16: 89—have become the worst creatures as explained in verse 8: 22. They are not considering Allah as Lord of the universe by conveying Adhikr—the Clear and Manifest Reading as told in verse 36: 69. By forgetting Adhikr these worthless people are associating others as intercessors and protectors to Allah rejecting verses 25: 17-18 and 32: 4. These soulless disbelievers will witness against their soul at the time of death as ‘indeed, they were disbelievers’ vide verse 7: 37, as well as on the Day of Judgment so vide verse 6: 130. See explanation 2: 159-161, 7: 127 and 137.