Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 111 (3:111)

آلِ عِمْرَان

لَن يَضُرُّوكُمْ إِلَّآ أَذًى ۖ وَإِن يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ يُوَلُّوكُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

Quran 3:111 is ayah 111 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 64 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:111
لَنيَضُرُّوكُمْإِلَّآأَذًى ۖوَإِنيُقَٰتِلُوكُمْيُوَلُّوكُمُٱلْأَدْبَارَثُمَّلَايُنصَرُونَ١١١
lan yaḍurrūkum illā adhan wa-in yuqātilūkum yuwallūkumu l-adbāra thumma lā yunṣarūna

They will not harm you except for [some] annoyance. And if they fight you, they will show you their backs [i.e., retreat]; then they will not be aided.(111)

Word by word

  1. لَنlanNever
  2. يَضُرُّوكُمْyaḍurrūkumwill they harm you
  3. إِلَّآillāexcept
  4. أَذًى ۖadhana hurt
  5. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  6. يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you
  7. يُوَلُّوكُمُyuwallūkumuthey will turn (towards) you
  8. ٱلْأَدْبَارَl-adbārathe backs
  9. ثُمَّthummathen
  10. لَاlānot
  11. يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnathey will be helped

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