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سورة آل عِمرَان

Surah Al-i-‘Imrân 3:177

Family of Amran · Verse 177 of 200

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيمَانِ لَنْ يَضُرُّوا اللَّهَ شَيْئًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Those who preferred disbelief to belief will not be able to do the least harm to Allâh. A grievous punishment awaits them.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Those who purchase Unbelief at the price of faith,- not the least harm will they do to Allah, but they will have a grievous punishment.

Ahmed Ali

Those who barter unbelief for faith, will not harm God in the least, and the punishment for them will be painful.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Those (unthinking ones) who have bought unbelief in exchange for belief can in no way harm God (and His true friends who fear and rely on Him.) For them is a tremendous punishment.

Daryabadi

Verily those who have purchased infidelity for belief shall not hurt Allah at all, and theirs shall be a torment afflictive.

Faridul Haque

Those who have purchased disbelief in exchange of faith cannot cause any harm to Allah; and for them is a painful punishment.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Those who buy disbelief at the price of faith can do no harm to Allah, and for them is a painful chastisement.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Surely those who have purchased disbelief at the price of faith cannot harm ALLAH at all; and they shall have a grievous punishment.

Muhammad Asad

Verily, they who have bought a denial of the truth at the price of faith can in no wise harm God, whereas grievous suffering awaits them.

Muhammad Musin Khan

Verily, those who purchase disbelief at the price of Faith, not the least harm will they do to Allah. For them, there is a painful torment.

Muhammad Pickthall

Those who purchase disbelief at the price of faith harm Allah not at all, but theirs will be a painful doom.

Muhammad Sarwar

Those who have traded faith in exchange for disbelief can never do any harm to God. There will be a painful torment for them.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Surely those who have bought unbelief at the price of faith shall do no harm at all to Allah, and they shall have a painful chastisement.

Rashad Khalifa

Those who choose disbelief, instead of belief, do not hurt GOD in the least; they have incurred a painful retribution.

Shabbir Ahmed

Those who purchase disbelief at the price of faith, not the least harm will they do to God. But for them is a painful doom.