Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:20

18:20

إِنَّهُمْ إِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ أَوْ يُعِيدُوكُمْ فِى مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَن تُفْلِحُوٓا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًا

innahum in yaẓharū ʿalaykum yarjumūkum aw yuʿīdūkum fī millatihim walan tuf'liḥū idhan abadan

Indeed, if they come to know of you, they will stone you or return you to their religion. And never would you succeed, then - ever."

— Saheeh International

if they found you out, they would stone you or force you to return to their religion, where you would never come to any good.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"For, if they come to know of you, they will stone you (to death or abuse and harm you) or turn you back to their religion; and in that case you will never be successful."

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

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Word by Word

إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, [they]
إِنinif
يَظْهَرُوا۟yaẓharūthey come to know
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumabout you
يَرْجُمُوكُمْyarjumūkumthey will stone you
أَوْawor
يُعِيدُوكُمْyuʿīdūkumreturn you
فِىfīto
مِلَّتِهِمْmillatihimtheir religion
وَلَنwalanAnd never
تُفْلِحُوٓا۟tuf'liḥūwill you succeed
إِذًاidhanthen
أَبَدًۭاabadanever