Surah Ali 'Imran 3:177 — translation and meaning
آل عمران · Verse 177 / 200 · Page 73
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيمَانِ لَن يَضُرُّوا اللَّهَ شَيْئًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
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إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
اشْتَرَوُا
ish'tarawu
(have) purchased
الْكُفْرَ
al-kuf'ra
[the] disbelief
بِالْإِيمَانِ
bil-imani
with the faith
لَن
lan
never
يَضُرُّوا
yadurru
will they harm
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
شَيْئًا
shayan
(in) anything
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌ
alimun
painful
Transliteration
Innal lazeenash tarawul kufra bil eemaani lai yadurrul laaha shai anw wa lahum 'azdaabun aleem
Translation
Indeed, those who purchase disbelief [in exchange] for faith - never will they harm Allah at all, and for them is a painful punishment.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Those who exchange faith for disbelief will not harm Allah in any way: He is the Mighty and free from any need of His creation. They only harm themselves, and they will have a painful punishment in the Afterlife.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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