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Quran 3:112 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 112

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

and, unless they hold fast to a lifeline from God and from mankind, they are overshadowed by vulnerability wherever they are found. They have drawn God’s wrath upon themselves. They are overshadowed by weakness, too, because they have persistently disbelieved in God’s revelation and killed prophets without any right, all because of their disobedience and boundless transgression.

ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُوا إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَبَاءُوا بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَسْكَنَةُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ

ḍuribat ʿalayhimu l-dhilatu ayna mā thuqifū illā biḥablin mina l-lahi waḥablin mina l-nāsi wabāū bighaḍabin mina l-lahi waḍuribat ʿalayhimu l-maskanatu dhālika bi-annahum kānū yakfurūna biāyāti l-lahi wayaqtulūna l-anbiyāa bighayri ḥaqqin dhālika bimā ʿaṣaw wakānū yaʿtadūna

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Word-by-word analysis of Aal-i-Imraan verse 112
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1ضُرِبَتْḍuribatStruckضرب
2عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuon them—
3ٱلذِّلَّةُl-dhilatuthe humiliationذلل
4أَيْنَaynawherever—
5مَاmāthat—
6ثُقِفُوٓا۟thuqifūthey are foundثقف
7إِلَّاillāexcept—
8بِحَبْلٍۢbiḥablinwith a ropeحبل
9مِّنَminafrom—
10ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahأله
11وَحَبْلٍۢwaḥablinand a ropeحبل
12مِّنَminafrom—
13ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleنوس
14وَبَآءُوwabāūAnd they incurredبوأ
15بِغَضَبٍۢbighaḍabinwrathغضب
16مِّنَminafrom—
17ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahأله
18وَضُرِبَتْwaḍuribatand struckضرب
19عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuon them—
20ٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ ۚl-maskanatuthe povertyسكن
21ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat—
22بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because—
23كَانُوا۟kānūthey used toكون
24يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnadisbelieveكفر
25بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) Versesأيي
26ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allahأله
27وَيَقْتُلُونَwayaqtulūnaand they killedقتل
28ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَl-anbiyāathe Prophetsنبأ
29بِغَيْرِbighayriwithoutغير
30حَقٍّۢ ۚḥaqqinrightحقق
31ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat—
32بِمَاbimā(is) because—
33عَصَوا۟ʿaṣawthey disobeyedعصي
34وَّكَانُوا۟wakānūand they used toكون
35يَعْتَدُونَyaʿtadūnatransgressعدو