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Muhammad Asad   
But wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death with grief over them if they are not willing to believe in this message
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Now, perhaps you ˹O Prophet˺ will grieve yourself to death over their denial, if they ˹continue to˺ disbelieve in this message.
Safi Kaskas   
Then perhaps you are going to worry yourself to death chasing after them, if they do not believe in this message.

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Arabic   
فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفً
Transliteration (2021)   
falaʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka ʿalā āthārihim in lam yu'minū bihādhā l-ḥadīthi asafa
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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Then perhaps you would (be) the one who kills yourself over their footsteps, if not they believe in this [the] narration, (in) grief.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
But wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death with grief over them if they are not willing to believe in this message
M. M. Pickthall   
Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou (Muhammad) wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in grief, if they believe not in this Message
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Now, perhaps you ˹O Prophet˺ will grieve yourself to death over their denial, if they ˹continue to˺ disbelieve in this message.
Safi Kaskas   
Then perhaps you are going to worry yourself to death chasing after them, if they do not believe in this message.
Wahiduddin Khan   
Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief if they do not believe in this message
Shakir   
Then maybe you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this announcement
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
so that perhaps thou wilt be one who consumes thyself with grief for their sake if they believe not in this discourse out of bitterness.
T.B.Irving   
Perhaps you will fret yourself to death checking up on them, worrying lest they will not believe this report.
Abdul Hye   
Perhaps, you would kill yourself (O Muhammad) in grief over their footsteps, because they don’t believe in this narration (the Qur’an).
The Study Quran   
Yet perhaps thou wouldst destroy thyself with grief for their sake, should they believe not in this account
Dr. Kamal Omar   
So perhaps — you are one who gives extreme pain to your self because of their deeds if they did not Believe in this Al-Hadees (‘The Narration’. This is an attribute of Allah’s Book) — in a state of sorrow (over their attitude)
Farook Malik   
O Muhammad! You probably will kill yourself in grief over them, if they do not believe in this Message (The Qur'an)
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they do not believe in this information
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Yet, it may be that you will consume yourself of sorrow over their tracks (i.e., their tracks or footprints when they turn away) in case they do not believe in this discourse
Muhammad Sarwar   
Perhaps you will destroy yourself out of grief because they disbelieve this Book
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
So, (O Prophet) perhaps you are going to kill yourself after them, out of grief, if they do not believe in this discourse
Shabbir Ahmed   
(O Messenger) Should you (in your compassion) grieve yourself to death if they are not willing to believe in this Message
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Would you, then, be overcome with sorrow and agonize over their refusal to accept this message (contained in the Qur´an)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Perhaps you will only sadden yourself to death, in case (you are) following after them, in grief, if they do not believe in this Message
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muhammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Perhaps you will torment yourself in grief over them, because they will not believe in this saying at all
Abdel Haleem   
But [Prophet] are you going to worry yourself to death over them if they do not believe in this message
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Haply thou art going to kill thyself over their footsteps, if they believe not in this discourse, out of sorrow
Ahmed Ali   
Will you kill yourself for grief of them if they do not believe in this presentation
Aisha Bewley   
Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they do not have iman in these words.
Ali Ünal   
Yet it may be that you (O Muhammad) will torment yourself to death with grief, following after them, if they do not believe in this Message
Ali Quli Qara'i   
You are liable to imperil your life for their sake, if they should not believe this discourse, out of grief
Hamid S. Aziz   
Yet it may be that you (Muhammad) will torment your soul with grief (or fret thyself to death) if they believe not in this new revelation
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
So you may kill yourself from sorrow over their actions if they do not believe in this saying
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
You would only worry yourself to death, following after them in grief if they do not believe in this message
Musharraf Hussain   
So will you worry yourself to death over their actions, if they don’t believe in this message?
Maududi   
(O Muhammad), if they do not believe in this Message, you will perhaps torment yourself to death with grief, sorrowing over them
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Perhaps you will torment yourself in grief over them, because they will not believe in this narrative at all.
Mohammad Shafi   
Then maybe you (Prophet) will kill yourself with grief, on their account, if they do not believe in this Pronouncement (Qur'aan)

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Then haply you will risk your life with grief after them if they believe not in this discourse.
Rashad Khalifa   
You may blame yourself on account of their response to this narration, and their disbelieving in it; you may be saddened.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Yet perchance, if they do not believe in this tiding, you will consume yourself with grief and follow after them
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Then maybe thou wilt kill thyself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they believe not in this announcement
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
So maybe/perhaps you (are) exhausting/destroying yourself from anger sorrowfully/angrily on their tracks , if they do not believe with this the information/speech
Bijan Moeinian   
O’ Mohammad I (God) understand your frustration that makes you so depressed when you see these people turn down God’s own word (Qur’an)
Faridul Haque   
Possibly you may risk your life by grieving (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) for them if they do not believe in this narration
Sher Ali   
So it may be, thou wilt grieve thyself to death sorrowing after them if they believe not in this Discourse
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(O Venerable Beloved!) Will you put your (dear) life at stake with the traumatic grief for them if they do not put faith in this Word (of Allah)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Will you worry yourself to death sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this (great) discourse (- the Qur'an)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Perhaps, you, would kill yourself (O Muhammad SAW) in grief, over their footsteps (for their turning away from you), because they believe not in this narration (the Quran)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Yet perchance, if they believe not in this tiding, thou wilt consume thyself, following after them, of grief
George Sale   
Peradventure thou wilt kill thy self with grief after them, out of thy earnest zeal for their conversion, if they believe not in this new revelation of the Koran
Edward Henry Palmer   
Haply thou wilt grieve thyself to death for sorrow after them, if they believe not in this new revelation
John Medows Rodwell   
And haply, if they believe not in this new revelation, thou wilt slay thyself, on their very footsteps, out of vexation
N J Dawood (2014)   
Yet, if they deny this revelation, you may destroy yourself with grief, sorrowing over them

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
You would probably worry yourself to death, fretfully pursuing (the rejecters), because they do not accept this message.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Perhaps you will fret yourself to death checking up on them, worrying lest they will not believe this report.
Sayyid Qutb   
Would you, perhaps, torment yourself to death with grief over them if they will not believe in this message?
Ahmed Hulusi   
So, if they don’t believe in this warning, will you ruin yourself in grief over them?
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Then maybe you will fret yourself to death with grief, following after them, if they do not believe in this Message (the Qur'an).
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
Seemingly, you Muhammad are betaking yourself in pursuit of their train of thought with distress, constant regret and discontent and torturing yourself lest they should refuse credit to this divine discourse
Mir Aneesuddin   
If they do not believe in this statement, then perhaps you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them.
Yahiya Emerick   
Perhaps you worry yourself to death as you follow after them, distressed that they're not believing in this narration

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in grief, if they believe not in this Message
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Then perhaps you would (be) the one who kills yourself over their footsteps, if not they believe in this [the] narration, (in) grief