لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٞ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣
Perhaps, [O Muḥammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- لَعَلَّكَPerhaps youlaʿallaka
- بَٰخِعٞ(would) killbākhiʿun
- نَّفۡسَكَyourselfnafsaka
- أَلَّاthat notallā
- يَكُونُواْthey becomeyakūnū
- مُؤۡمِنِينَbelieversmu'minīna
Tafsir
Perhaps you O Messenger because of your eagerness for their guidance are killing yourself out of fear for them that they do not believe in Allah.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran