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Ali 'Imran 111

Ayah 111 of 200 · Medinan

لَن يَضُرُّوكُمۡ إِلَّآ أَذٗىۖ وَإِن يُقَٰتِلُوكُمۡ يُوَلُّوكُمُ ٱلۡأَدۡبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ ١١١

They will not harm you except for [some] annoyance. And if they fight you, they will show you their backs [i.e., retreat]; then they will not be aided.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَنNeverlan
  2. يَضُرُّوكُمۡwill they harm youyaḍurrūkum
  3. إِلَّآexceptillā
  4. أَذٗىۖa hurtadhan
  5. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  6. يُقَٰتِلُوكُمۡthey fight youyuqātilūkum
  7. يُوَلُّوكُمُthey will turn (towards) youyuwallūkumu
  8. ٱلۡأَدۡبَارَthe backsl-adbāra
  9. ثُمَّthenthumma
  10. لَاnotlā
  11. يُنصَرُونَthey will be helpedyunṣarūna

Tafsir

If they are against you they will not harm you, O believers, in your belief, or in yourselves, except through their words: criticising your faith and making fun of you and so on. Also, if they fight you they will flee from you in defeat, and will never be victorious over you.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran