سورة الکهف
Surah Al-Kahf 18:6
The Place of Refuge · Verse 6 of 110
فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِمْ إِنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
Will you worry yourself to death sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this (great) discourse (- the Qur´ân).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in grief, if they believe not in this Message.
Ahmed Ali
Will you kill yourself for grief of them if they do not believe in this presentation?
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Yet it may be that you (O Muhammad) will torment yourself to death with grief, following after them, if they do not believe in this Message.
Daryabadi
Haply thou art going to kill thyself over their footsteps, if they believe not in this discourse, out of sorrow.
Faridul Haque
Possibly you may risk your life by grieving (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) for them if they do not believe in this narration.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Then maybe thou wilt kill thyself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they believe not in this announcement.
Maulvi Sher Ali
So it may be, thou wilt grieve thyself to death sorrowing after them if they believe not in this Discourse.
Muhammad Asad
But wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death with grief over them if they are not willing to believe in this message?
Muhammad Musin Khan
Perhaps, you, would kill yourself (O Muhammad SAW) in grief, over their footsteps (for their turning away from you), because they believe not in this narration (the Qur'an).
Muhammad Pickthall
Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou (Muhammad) wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps.
Muhammad Sarwar
Perhaps you will destroy yourself out of grief because they disbelieve this Book.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Then maybe you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this announcement.
Rashad Khalifa
You may blame yourself on account of their response to this narration, and their disbelieving in it; you may be saddened.
Shabbir Ahmed
(O Messenger) should you grieve yourself to death if they are not willing to believe in this Message?
Commentary 18:6 This rhetorical question is addressed in the first place to the Holy Prophet (pbuh), who once in a vision saw the great power, the embellishment and the…
فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا
18:6 This rhetorical question is addressed in the first place to the Holy Prophet (pbuh), who once in a vision saw the great power, the embellishment and the finery of the world given to the followers of the Christian faith. The Holy Prophet (pbuh) felt great sorrow regarding their spiritual state and was deeply distressed by the coming hostility of some Christians towards Muslims that was foretold. This rhetorical question is also addressed to everyone with the deep concern that humankind should rise to its true dignity.