3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 177
Those who buy denial at the price of faith, they will never harm God at all; and they have a painful punishment.
Translations
Notes
Aisha Bewley
Those who sell iman for kufr do not harm Allah in any way. They will have a painful punishment.
Progressive Muslims
Those who have purchased rejection with belief will not harm God in the least, and they will have a painful retribution.
Shabbir Ahmed
Those who trade denial at the cost of belief, harm Allah not the least. For them is a painful doom.
Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
Those who buy denial at the price of faith, they will never harm God at all; and they have a painful punishment.
The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
Those who have purchased rejection with belief will not harm God in the least, and they will have a painful retribution.
Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament
Those who choose disbelief, instead of belief, do not hurt GOD in the least; they have incurred a painful retribution.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Those who barter unbelief for faith, will not harm God in the least, and the punishment for them will be painful.
Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
Indeed, those who purchase disbelief for faith - never will they harm Allah at all, and for them is a painful punishment.
Muhammad Asad
Verily, they who have bought a denial of the truth at the price of faith can in no wise harm God, whereas grievous suffering awaits them.
Marmaduke Pickthall
Those who purchase disbelief at the price of faith harm Allah not at all, but theirs will be a painful doom.
Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary
Indeed those who have purchased unbelief in exchange for faith shall not hurt Allah in the least. Theirs shall be a painful chastisement.
Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab
Those who exchanged faith for infidelity shall never harm Allah in the least and their awaits them the torment which shall be laid on the damned.
Bijan Moeinian
Those who trade off their belief for disbelief, are indeed buying the Lord’s painful punishment.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Verily, those who purchase disbelief at the price of Faith, not the least harm will they do to Allâh. For them, there is a painful torment.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Those who purchase Unbelief at the price of faith,- not the least harm will they do to Allah, but they will have a grievous punishment.
Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran
Those who trade belief for disbelief will never harm Allah in the least, and they will suffer a painful punishment.
Taqi Usmani
Certainly, those who bought disbelief in exchange for Belief cannot harm Allah at all. For them there is a painful punishment.
Abdul Haleem
Those who sell their faith for disbelief will not harm God in any way; agonizing torment awaits them.
Arthur John Arberry
Those who buy unbelief at the price of faith, they will nothing hurt God; and there awaits them a painful chastisement.
E. Henry Palmer
Verily, those who purchase misbelief for faith, they do not hurt God at all, and for them is grievous woe.
Hamid S. Aziz
Verily, those who purchase disbelief for faith, they do not hurt Allah at all, and for them is grievous woe.
Mahmoud Ghali
Surely the ones who have traded disbelief (at the price) of belief will never harm Allah anything, and they will have a painful torment.
George Sale
Surely those who purchase infidelity with faith, shall by no means hurt God at all, but they shall suffer a grievous punishment.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Truly, those who purchase unbelief at the price of faith— Not the least harm will they do to Allah. But they will have a grievous punishment.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Those who preferred disbelief to belief will not be able to do the least harm to Allâh. A grievous punishment awaits them.
Ali Quli Qarai
Those who have bought unfaith for faith will not hurt Allah in the least, and there is a painful punishment for them.