Quran 3:149 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 149
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You who believe, if you obey the disbelievers, they will make you revert to your old ways and you will turn into losers.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تُطِيعُوا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَىٰ أَعْقَابِكُمْ فَتَنْقَلِبُوا خَاسِرِينَ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū in tuṭīʿū alladhīna kafarū yaruddūkum ʿalā aʿqābikum fatanqalibū khāsirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, if you obey the unbelievers they will turn you upon your heels, and you will turn about, losers.
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! If you pay heed to those who are bent on denying the truth, they will cause you to turn back on your heels, and you will be the losers.
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 4 | إِنin | If | — |
| 5 | تُطِيعُوا۟tuṭīʿū | you obey | طوع |
| 6 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 7 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 8 | يَرُدُّوكُمْyaruddūkum | they will turn you back | ردد |
| 9 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | on | — |
| 10 | أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْaʿqābikum | your heels | عقب |
| 11 | فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟fatanqalibū | then you will turn back | قلب |
| 12 | خَـٰسِرِينَkhāsirīna | (as) losers | خسر |