Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:106

16:106

مَن كَفَرَ بِٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِيمَـٰنِهِۦٓ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُۥ مُطْمَئِنٌّۢ بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ وَلَـٰكِن مَّن شَرَحَ بِٱلْكُفْرِ صَدْرًا فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

man kafara bil-lahi min baʿdi īmānihi illā man uk'riha waqalbuhu muṭ'ma-innun bil-īmāni walākin man sharaḥa bil-kuf'ri ṣadran faʿalayhim ghaḍabun mina l-lahi walahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

Whoever disbelieves in [i.e., denies] Allāh after his belief... except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith. But those who [willingly] open their breasts to disbelief, upon them is wrath from Allāh, and for them is a great punishment;

— Saheeh International

With the exception of those who are forced to say they do not believe, although their hearts remain firm in faith, those who reject God after believing in Him and open their hearts to disbelief will have the wrath of God upon them and a grievous punishment awaiting them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Whoever disbelieved in Allâh after his belief, except him who is forced thereto and whose heart is at rest with Faith; but such as open their breasts to disbelief, on them is wrath from Allâh, and theirs will be a great torment.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

مَنmanWhoever
كَفَرَkafaradisbelieves
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
إِيمَـٰنِهِۦٓīmānihihis belief
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنْman(one) who
أُكْرِهَuk'rihais forced
وَقَلْبُهُۥwaqalbuhuwhile his heart
مُطْمَئِنٌّۢmuṭ'ma-innun(is) content
بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِbil-īmāniwith the faith
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut
مَّنman(one) who
شَرَحَsharaḥaopens
بِٱلْكُفْرِbil-kuf'rito disbelief
صَدْرًۭاṣadran(his) breast
فَعَلَيْهِمْfaʿalayhimthen upon them
غَضَبٌۭghaḍabun(is) a wrath
مِّنَminaof
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat