Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:6

18:6

فَلَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا

falaʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka ʿalā āthārihim in lam yu'minū bihādhā l-ḥadīthi asafan

Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muḥammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.

— Saheeh International

But [Prophet] are you going to worry yourself to death over them if they do not believe in this message?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Perhaps, you, would kill yourself (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) in grief, over their footsteps (for their turning away from you), because they believe not in this narration (the Qur’ân).

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

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Word by Word

فَلَعَلَّكَfalaʿallakaThen perhaps you would (be)
بَـٰخِعٌۭbākhiʿunthe one who kills
نَّفْسَكَnafsakayourself
عَلَىٰٓʿalāover
ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْāthārihimtheir footsteps
إِنinif
لَّمْlamnot
يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believe
بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāin this
ٱلْحَدِيثِl-ḥadīthi[the] narration
أَسَفًاasafan(in) grief