← Surah 26

26:3

لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Word by word

لَعَلَّكَ
Perhaps you
Preposition
بَٰخِعٌ
(would) kill
Noun
Root: بخع
نَّفْسَكَ
yourself
Noun
Root: نفس
أَلَّا
that not
Preposition
يَكُونُوا۟
they become
Verb
Root: كون
مُؤْمِنِينَ
believers
Noun
Root: أمن

Translation

It may be thou frettest thy soul with grief, that they do not become Believers.

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

(Resulüm!) Onlar iman etmiyorlar diye adeta kendine kıyacaksın!

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Onlar iman etmiyor diye neredeyse kendine yazık edeceksin!

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain