Quran 26:3 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], are you going to worry yourself to death because they will not believe?
لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
laʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka allā yakūnū mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Perchance thou consumest thyself that they are not believers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death [with grief] because they [who live around thee] refuse to believe [in it]?
- Sahih International
- Perhaps, [O Muḥammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَعَلَّكَlaʿallaka | Perhaps you | — |
| 2 | بَـٰخِعٌۭbākhiʿun | (would) kill | بخع |
| 3 | نَّفْسَكَnafsaka | yourself | نفس |
| 4 | أَلَّاallā | that not | — |
| 5 | يَكُونُوا۟yakūnū | they become | كون |
| 6 | مُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīna | believers | أمن |