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وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ اِلَّا رَسُوْلٌۚ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ ۗ اَفَا۟ىِٕنْ مَّاتَ اَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلٰٓى اَعْقَابِكُمْ ۗ وَمَنْ يَّنْقَلِبْ عَلٰى عَقِبَيْهِ فَلَنْ يَّضُرَّ اللّٰهَ شَيْـًٔا ۗوَسَيَجْزِى اللّٰهُ الشّٰكِرِيْنَ   ( آل عمران: ١٤٤ )

wamā
وَمَا
And not
muḥammadun
مُحَمَّدٌ
(is) Muhammad
illā
إِلَّا
except
rasūlun
رَسُولٌ
a Messenger
qad
قَدْ
certainly
khalat
خَلَتْ
passed away
min
مِن
from
qablihi
قَبْلِهِ
before him
l-rusulu
ٱلرُّسُلُۚ
[the] (other) Messengers
afa-in
أَفَإِي۟ن
So if
māta
مَّاتَ
he died
aw
أَوْ
or
qutila
قُتِلَ
is slain
inqalabtum
ٱنقَلَبْتُمْ
will you turn back
ʿalā
عَلَىٰٓ
on
aʿqābikum
أَعْقَٰبِكُمْۚ
your heels?
waman
وَمَن
And whoever
yanqalib
يَنقَلِبْ
turns back
ʿalā
عَلَىٰ
on
ʿaqibayhi
عَقِبَيْهِ
his heels
falan
فَلَن
then never
yaḍurra
يَضُرَّ
will he harm
l-laha
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
shayan
شَيْـًٔاۗ
(in) anything
wasayajzī
وَسَيَجْزِى
And will reward
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
l-shākirīna
ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ
the grateful ones

Wa maa Muhammadun illaa Rasoolun qad khalat min qablihir Rusul; afa'im maata aw qutilan qalabtum 'alaaa a'qaabikum; wa mai yanqalib 'alaa aqibihi falai yadurral laaha shai'aa; wa sayajzil laahush shaakireen (ʾĀl ʿImrān 3:144)

Sahih International:

Muhammad 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 Allah at all; but Allah will reward the grateful. (Ali 'Imran [3] : 144)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

MuHammad is but a messenger, there have been messengers before him. So, if he dies or is killed, would you turn back on your heels? Whoever turns back on his heels can never harm Allah in the least. Allah shall soon reward the grateful.