The Quran

سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:3

The Poets · Verse 3 of 227

لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Perhaps you will consume yourself away (with anxiety) because they do not become believers.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

It may be thou frettest thy soul with grief, that they do not become Believers.

Ahmed Ali

You may perhaps wear out your heart because they do not come to belief.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

It may be that you (O Messenger) will torment yourself to death because they refuse to believe.

Daryabadi

Belike thou shalt kill thyself with grief because they become not believers.

Faridul Haque

Possibly you may risk your life (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) by grieving, because they did not believe.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Perhaps thou wilt kill thyself with grief because they believe not.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Haply thou wilt grieve thyself to death because they believe not.

Muhammad Asad

Wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death [with grief] because they [who live around thee] refuse to believe [in it)?

Muhammad Musin Khan

It may be that you (O Muhammad SAW) are going to kill yourself with grief, that they do not become believers [in your Risalah (Messengership) and in your Message of Islamic Monotheism].

Muhammad Pickthall

It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not.

Muhammad Sarwar

You will perhaps kill yourself with anguish because they are not accepting the faith.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Perhaps you will kill yourself with grief because they do not believe.

Rashad Khalifa

You may blame yourself that they are not believers.

Shabbir Ahmed

(O Prophet) will you, (in your compassion), torment yourself to death that they refuse to become believers?