Surah Ali 'Imran 3:149 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 149 / 200 · Page 69

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن تُطِيعُوا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا خَاسِرِينَ

Word by Word

يَا أَيُّهَا
yaayyuha
O you
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
who
آمَنُوا
amanu
believe!
إِن
in
If
تُطِيعُوا
tuti'u
you obey
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieve
يَرُدُّوكُمْ
yaruddukum
they will turn you back
عَلَى
ala
on
أَعْقَابِكُمْ
a'qabikum
your heels
فَتَنقَلِبُوا
fatanqalibu
then you will turn back
خَاسِرِينَ
khasirina
(as) losers

Transliteration

Yaaa 'aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo in tutee'ullazeena kafaroo yaruddookum 'alaaa a'qaabkum fatanqaliboo khaasireen

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Messenger, if you obey the disbelieving Jews, Christians and idolaters in the misguidance they instruct you in, then you will return after your faith back to the disbelief you were upon, and you will become losers in this world and in the Afterlife.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they…" — Ali 'Imran 3:149