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Al-Baqarah 154

Ayah 154 of 286 · Medinan

وَلَا تَقُولُواْ لِمَن يُقۡتَلُ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمۡوَٰتُۢۚ بَلۡ أَحۡيَآءٞ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَشۡعُرُونَ ١٥٤

And do not say about those who are killed in the way of Allāh, "They are dead." Rather, they are alive, but you perceive [it] not.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَقُولُواْsaytaqūlū
  3. لِمَنfor (the ones) wholiman
  4. يُقۡتَلُare slainyuq'talu
  5. فِيinfī
  6. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  7. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  8. أَمۡوَٰتُۢۚ(They are) deadamwātun
  9. بَلۡNaybal
  10. أَحۡيَآءٞ(they are) aliveaḥyāon
  11. وَلَٰكِن[and] butwalākin
  12. لَّاyou (do) notlā
  13. تَشۡعُرُونَperceivetashʿurūna

Tafsir

Do not say, O believers, about those who are killed whilst striving in Allah’s path that they are dead just as others are; rather, they are alive with their Lord, but you do not realise that they are living, because the way in which they are alive can only be understood through revelation from Allah.

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