Surah Ali 'Imran
Quran 3:149
Read Quran 3:149 from Surah Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 3:149
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تُطِيعُوا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَىٰ أَعْقَابِكُمْ فَتَنْقَلِبُوا خَاسِرِينَ١٤٩
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.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 3. Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)
- Ayah
- 149 of 200
- Revelation
- Medinan (revealed in Medina)
- Reference
- 3:149
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 3:149
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
وهذا نهي من الله للمؤمنين أن يطيعوا الكافرين من المنافقين والمشركين، فإنهم إن أطاعوهم لم يريدوا لهم إلا الشر، وهم [قصدهم] ردهم إلى الكفر الذي عاقبته الخيبة والخسران.