Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:127

3:127

لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَآئِبِينَ

liyaqṭaʿa ṭarafan mina alladhīna kafarū aw yakbitahum fayanqalibū khāibīna

That He might cut down a section of the disbelievers or suppress them so that they turn back disappointed.

— Saheeh International

and in order to cut off the flanks of the disbelievers’ army and frustrate them, to make them withdraw in total defeat.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

That He might cut off a part of those who disbelieve, or expose them to infamy, so that they retire frustrated.

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

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Word by Word

لِيَقْطَعَliyaqṭaʿaThat He may cut off
طَرَفًۭاṭarafana part
مِّنَminaof
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
أَوْawor
يَكْبِتَهُمْyakbitahumsuppress them
فَيَنقَلِبُوا۟fayanqalibūso (that) they turn back
خَآئِبِينَkhāibīnadisappointed