Quran 3:127 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 127
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and in order to cut off the flanks of the disbelievers’ army and frustrate them, to make them withdraw in total defeat.
لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفًا مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنْقَلِبُوا خَائِبِينَ
liyaqṭaʿa ṭarafan mina alladhīna kafarū aw yakbitahum fayanqalibū khāibīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and that He might cut off a part of the unbelievers or frustrate them, so that they turned in their tracks, disappointed.
- Muhammad Asad
- [and] that [through you] He might destroy some of those who were bent on denying the truth, and so abase the others that they would withdraw in utter hopelessness.
- Sahih International
- That He might cut down a section of the disbelievers or suppress them so that they turn back disappointed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِيَقْطَعَliyaqṭaʿa | That He may cut off | قطع |
| 2 | طَرَفًۭاṭarafan | a part | طرف |
| 3 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 5 | كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 6 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 7 | يَكْبِتَهُمْyakbitahum | suppress them | كبت |
| 8 | فَيَنقَلِبُوا۟fayanqalibū | so (that) they turn back | قلب |
| 9 | خَآئِبِينَkhāibīna | disappointed | خيب |