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Al-Kahf 6

Ayah 6 of 110 · Meccan

فَلَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٞ نَّفۡسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمۡ إِن لَّمۡ يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا ٦

Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muḥammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَعَلَّكَThen perhaps you would (be)falaʿallaka
  2. بَٰخِعٞthe one who killsbākhiʿun
  3. نَّفۡسَكَyourselfnafsaka
  4. عَلَىٰٓoverʿalā
  5. ءَاثَٰرِهِمۡtheir footstepsāthārihim
  6. إِنifin
  7. لَّمۡnotlam
  8. يُؤۡمِنُواْthey believeyu'minū
  9. بِهَٰذَاin thisbihādhā
  10. ٱلۡحَدِيثِ[the] narrationl-ḥadīthi
  11. أَسَفًا(in) griefasafan

Tafsir

Then perhaps, O Messenger, you will end up destroying yourself out of grief and remorse if they do not believe this Qur’ān. But do not do this, as giving them guidance is not your responsibility; you are only responsible for conveying.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran