The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
Āl ‘Imrān (Imran's Folk)
آلِ عِمْرَان
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وَمَا
مُحَمَّدٌ
إِلَّا
رَسُولٌ
قَدْ
خَلَتْ
مِن
قَبْلِهِ
الرُّسُلُ
أَفَإِن
مَّاتَ
أَوْ
قُتِلَ
انقَلَبْتُمْ
عَلَى
أَعْقَابِكُمْ
وَمَن
يَنقَلِبْ
عَلَى
عَقِبَيْهِ
فَلَن
يَضُرَّ
اللَّهَ
شَيْئًا
وَسَيَجْزِي
اللَّهُ
الشَّاكِرِينَ
wa-mā muḥammadun ʾillā rasūlun qad khalat min qablihi r-rusulu ʾa-fa-ʾin māta ʾaw qutila nqalabtum ʿalā ʾaʿqābikum wa-man yanqalib ʿalā ʿaqibayhi fa-lan yaḍurra llāha shayʾan wa-sa-yajzī llāhu sh-shākirīna
Muhammad is only a Messenger. There lived other Messengers before him. Should (Muhammad) die or be slain, would you then turn back to your pre-Islamic behavior? Whoever does so can cause no harm to God. God will reward those who give thanks.