The Family of Imran, The House of Imran 3:111

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Arabic English Morphology
لَن lan
Never Prep
يَضُرُّوكُمْ yaḍurrūkum
will they harm you V
except Prep
أَذًى adhan
a hurt Noun
وَإِن wa-in
And if Prep
they fight you V
they will turn (towards) you V
the backs Noun
ثُمَّ thumma
then Prep
لَا
not Prep
يُنصَرُونَ yunṣarūna
they will be helped V

they will not do you much harm: even if they come out to fight you, they will soon turn tail; they will get no help

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

لَن یَضُرُّوكُمۡ إِلَّاۤ أَذࣰىۖ وَإِن یُقَـٰتِلُوكُمۡ یُوَلُّوكُمُ ٱلۡأَدۡبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا یُنصَرُونَ ۝١١١

lan yaḍurrūkum illā adhan wa-in yuqātilūkum yuwallūkumu l-adbāra thumma lā yunṣarūn