Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[and] that [through you] He might destroy some of those who were bent on denying the truth, and so abase the others that they would withdraw in utter hopelessness
Arthur John Arberry
and that He might cut off a part of the unbelievers or frustrate them, so that they turned in their tracks, disappointed
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
That He might cut off a fringe of the Unbelievers or expose them to infamy, and they should then be turned back, frustrated of their purpose
Arabic
لِیَقۡطَعَ طَرَفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوۤا۟ أَوۡ یَكۡبِتَهُمۡ فَیَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَاۤىِٕبِینَ ١٢٧
Transliteration (2021)
liyaqṭaʿa ṭarafan mina alladhīna kafarū aw yakbitahum fayanqalibū khāibīn