Surah Ali 'Imran — Verse 149
Family of Imran · 3:149 · 149/200
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تُطِيعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooin tuteeAAoo allatheena kafaroo yaruddookum AAalaaAAqabikum fatanqaliboo khasireen
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
You who believe, if you obey the disbelievers, they will make you revert to your old ways and you will turn into losers.
Marmaduke Pickthall
O ye who believe! if ye obey those who disbelieve, they will make you turn back on your heels, and ye turn back as losers.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! If ye obey the Unbelievers, they will drive you back on your heels, and ye will turn back (from Faith) to your own loss.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
O you who believe, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will make you turn back on your heels, then you shall turn into losers.
Al-Hilali & Khan
O you who believe! If you obey those who disbelieve, they will send you back on your heels, and you will turn back (from Faith) as losers.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Believers! If you follow those who deny the Truth, they will drive you back on your heels, and you will turn about, losers.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
O YOU who have attained to faith! If you pay heed to those who are bent on denying the truth, they will cause you to turn back on your heels, and you will be the losers.
Rowwad · source edition
O you who believe, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and thus you will return as losers.
Noor International · source edition
(149) O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
149. O you who believe! If you obey those who disbelieve, they will send you back on your heels, and you will turn back (from Faith) as losers.[29]
Notes
[29] (V.3:149) What is said about residence (staying) in the land of Ash-Shirk (polytheism i.e. the land where polytheism is practised). Narrated Samurah bin Jundubرضي الله عنه: Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "Anybody (from among the Muslims) who meets, gathers together, lives, and stays (permanently) with a Mushrik (polytheist or a disbeliever in the Oneness of Allâh, etc.) and agrees to his ways, opinion, etc. and (enjoys) his living with him (Mushrik) then he (that Muslim) is like him (Mushrik). (This Hadîth indicates that a Muslim should not stay in a non-Muslim country, he must emigrate to a Muslim country, where Islâm is practised.)" [The Book of Jihâd, Abu Dâwûd].