Surah Ali 'Imran 3:85 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 85 / 200 · Page 61

وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Word by Word

وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَبْتَغِ
yabtaghi
seeks
غَيْرَ
ghayra
other than
الْإِسْلَامِ
al-is'lami
[the] Islam
دِينًا
dinan
(as) religion
فَلَن
falan
then never
يُقْبَلَ
yuq'bala
will be accepted
مِنْهُ
min'hu
from him
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and he
فِي
fi
in
الْآخِرَةِ
al-akhirati
the Hereafter
مِنَ
mina
(will be) from
الْخَاسِرِينَ
al-khasirina
the losers

Transliteration

Wa mai yabtaghi ghairal Islaami deenan falany yuqbala minhu wa huwa fil Aakhirati minal khaasireen

Translation

And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Whoever seeks a path other than that which Allah has endorsed – the path of surrendering (Islam) – it will not be accepted from them by Allah. They will be of those who have lost their souls by entering the fire of Hell.

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

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