Quran-3:177 Surah Al-imran English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ ٱلۡكُفۡرَ بِٱلۡإِيمَٰنِ لَن يَضُرُّواْ ٱللَّهَ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ

Transliteration:( Innal lazeenash tarawul kufra bil eemaani lai yadurrul laaha shai'anw wa lahum 'azaabun aleem )

177. Those who purchased [400] infidelity for faith, never will harm Allah at all, and for them is a painful punishment. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(177) Indeed, those who purchase disbelief [in exchange] for faith - never will they harm Allāh at all, and for them is a painful punishment. (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Al Imran Ayat 177 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

📖 Commentary of Surah Aal-e-Imran – Verse 177

“Those who purchased [400] infidelity for faith, never will harm Allah at all, and for them is a painful punishment.”


✅ [400] Apostates and Deliberate Rejectors of Faith

The phrase “purchased infidelity for faith” refers to two categories of people:

  1. Apostates – those who were initially Muslims but later rejected Islam and chose disbelief instead.

  2. Persistent disbelievers or hypocrites – those who had the opportunity and understanding to accept faith, but still willfully rejected it.

In both cases, these individuals consciously chose disbelief over belief, knowing the truth. Despite this, the verse assures that such people can never harm Allah or His religion in the slightest.

Their betrayal or rejection only harms their own souls, and their fate is a painful and humiliating punishment in the Hereafter.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Imran verse 177 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Imran ayat 176 which provides the complete commentary from verse 176 through 180.

(3:177) Indeed those who have purchased unbelief in exchange for faith shall not hurt Allah in the least. Theirs shall be a painful chastisement.

Ala-Maududi

(3:177) Indeed those who have purchased unbelief in exchange for faith shall not hurt Allah in the least. Theirs shall be a painful chastisement.


There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

(177) Indeed, those who purchase disbelief [in exchange] for faith - never will they harm Allāh at all, and for them is a painful punishment.

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