Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 177 (3:177)

آلِ عِمْرَان

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلْكُفْرَ بِٱلْإِيمَٰنِ لَن يَضُرُّوا۟ ٱللَّهَ شَئًْا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ …

Quran 3:177 is ayah 177 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 73 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:177
إِنَّٱلَّذِينَٱشْتَرَوُا۟ٱلْكُفْرَبِٱلْإِيمَٰنِلَنيَضُرُّوا۟ٱللَّهَشَئًْاوَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌ١٧٧
inna alladhīna ish'tarawū l-kuf'ra bil-īmāni lan yaḍurrū l-laha shayan walahum ʿadhābun alīmun

Indeed, those who purchase disbelief [in exchange] for faith - never will they harm Allāh at all, and for them is a painful punishment.(177)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawū(have) purchased
  4. ٱلْكُفْرَl-kuf'ra[the] disbelief
  5. بِٱلْإِيمَٰنِbil-īmāniwith the faith
  6. لَنlannever
  7. يَضُرُّوا۟yaḍurrūwill they harm
  8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  9. شَئًْاshayan(in) anything
  10. وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
  11. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  12. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

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