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Ali 'Imran 177

Ayah 177 of 200 · Medinan

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ ٱلۡكُفۡرَ بِٱلۡإِيمَٰنِ لَن يَضُرُّواْ ٱللَّهَ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١٧٧

Indeed, those who purchase disbelief [in exchange] for faith - never will they harm Allāh at all, and for them is a painful punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ(have) purchasedish'tarawū
  4. ٱلۡكُفۡرَ[the] disbeliefl-kuf'ra
  5. بِٱلۡإِيمَٰنِwith the faithbil-īmāni
  6. لَنneverlan
  7. يَضُرُّواْwill they harmyaḍurrū
  8. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  9. شَيۡـٔٗاۖ(in) anythingshayan
  10. وَلَهُمۡand for themwalahum
  11. عَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  12. أَلِيمٞpainfulalīmun

Tafsir

Those who exchange faith for disbelief will not harm Allah in any way: He is the Mighty and free from any need of His creation. They only harm themselves, and they will have a painful punishment in the Afterlife.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran