Surah Al-Kahf, ayah 6
فَلَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا
Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muḥammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.
Al-Kahf · 18:6
Word by word
- فَلَعَلَّكَfalaʿallakaThen perhaps you would (be)
- بَـٰخِعٌۭbākhiʿunthe one who kills
- نَّفْسَكَnafsakayourself
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāover
- ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْāthārihimtheir footsteps
- إِنinif
- لَّمْlamnot
- يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believe
- بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāin this
- ٱلْحَدِيثِl-ḥadīthi[the] narration
- أَسَفًاasafan(in) grief
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