Surah At-Taubah, Ayat 109-110

Ayat 109. Is it then he, who laid the foundation of his building (Masjid) on piety to Allah and His Good Pleasure, better, or he who laid the foundation of his building on an undetermined brink of a precipice ready to crumble down, so that it crumbled to pieces with him into the Fire of Hell. And Allah guides not the people who are the Zalimun (cruel, violent, proud, polytheist and wrong-doer).

Ayat 110. The building which they built will never cease to be a cause of hypocrisy and doubt in their hearts, unless their hearts are cut to pieces. (i.e. till they die). And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. 

Hazrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: the Prophet  [SAWW](PBUH) said, "The dearest parts on the face of the earth near Allah are its mosques, and the most hated parts near Allah are its markets.'' [Muslim Hadith # 1416]. 

Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah At-Taubah Ayat 109 "he who laid the foundation of his building (Masjid) on piety to Allah and His Good Pleasure", The superiority of the mosques is self evident. People pray and worship Allah in the mosques and recitation of Qur'an goes on there. While in the market places people forget to remember Allah and indulge in such forbidden acts as fraud, lies and gossip. In fact, it is not the place itself which is disliked but the bad things which are bound to happen in it, they are not the places of choice and are not liked.