Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 127 (3:127)

آلِ عِمْرَان

لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَآئِبِينَ

Quran 3:127 is ayah 127 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 66 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:127
لِيَقْطَعَطَرَفًامِّنَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟أَوْيَكْبِتَهُمْفَيَنقَلِبُوا۟خَآئِبِينَ١٢٧
liyaqṭaʿa ṭarafan mina alladhīna kafarū aw yakbitahum fayanqalibū khāibīna

That He might cut down a section of the disbelievers or suppress them so that they turn back disappointed.(127)

Word by word

  1. لِيَقْطَعَliyaqṭaʿaThat He may cut off
  2. طَرَفًاṭarafana part
  3. مِّنَminaof
  4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  5. كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  6. أَوْawor
  7. يَكْبِتَهُمْyakbitahumsuppress them
  8. فَيَنقَلِبُوا۟fayanqalibūso (that) they turn back
  9. خَآئِبِينَkhāibīnadisappointed

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