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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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لَن يَضُرُّوكُمْ إِلَّآ أَذًۭى ۖ وَإِن يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ يُوَلُّوكُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ﴿١١١

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

لَنlanNever
يَضُرُّوكُمْyaḍurrūkumwill they harm you
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَذًۭى ۖadhana hurt
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you
يُوَلُّوكُمُyuwallūkumuthey will turn (towards) you
ٱلْأَدْبَارَl-adbārathe backs
ثُمَّthummathen
لَاnot
يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnathey will be helped

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Virtues of the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ , the Best Nation EverAllah states that the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ is the best nation ever,كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ(You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind) 3:110.Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah commented on this Ayah, "(You, Muslims, are) the best nation of people for the people, you bring them tied in chains on their necks (capture them in war) and they later embrace Islam.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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