وَمَا And not wamā (is) Muhammad muḥammadun except illā a Messenger rasūlun certainly qad passed away khalat from min before him qablihi [the] (other) Messengers l-rusulu So if afa-in he died māta or aw is slain qutila will you turn back inqalabtum on ʿalā your heels aʿqābikum And whoever waman turns back yanqalib on ʿalā his heels ʿaqibayhi then never falan will he harm yaḍurra Allah l-laha (in) anything shayan And will reward wasayajzī Allah l-lahu the grateful ones l-shākirīna
Muḥammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allāh at all; but Allāh will reward the grateful.