Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 3 (26:3)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

Quran 26:3 is ayah 3 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 367 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:3
لَعَلَّكَبَٰخِعٌنَّفْسَكَأَلَّايَكُونُوا۟مُؤْمِنِينَ٣
laʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka allā yakūnū mu'minīna

Perhaps, [O Muḥammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.(3)

Word by word

  1. لَعَلَّكَlaʿallakaPerhaps you
  2. بَٰخِعٌbākhiʿun(would) kill
  3. نَّفْسَكَnafsakayourself
  4. أَلَّاallāthat not
  5. يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey become
  6. مُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

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