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

Quran 3:149

3:149

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تُطِيعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū in tuṭīʿū alladhīna kafarū yaruddūkum ʿalā aʿqābikum fatanqalibū khāsirīna

O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.

— Saheeh International

You who believe, if you obey the disbelievers, they will make you revert to your old ways and you will turn into losers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! If you obey those who disbelieve, they will send you back on your heels, and you will turn back (from Faith) as losers.

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

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Word by Word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
إِنinIf
تُطِيعُوا۟tuṭīʿūyou obey
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
يَرُدُّوكُمْyaruddūkumthey will turn you back
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْaʿqābikumyour heels
فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟fatanqalibūthen you will turn back
خَـٰسِرِينَkhāsirīna(as) losers