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Ali 'Imran 143

Ayah 143 of 200 · Medinan

وَلَقَدۡ كُنتُمۡ تَمَنَّوۡنَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن تَلۡقَوۡهُ فَقَدۡ رَأَيۡتُمُوهُ وَأَنتُمۡ تَنظُرُونَ ١٤٣

And you had certainly wished for death [i.e., martyrdom] before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. كُنتُمۡyou used tokuntum
  3. تَمَنَّوۡنَwishtamannawna
  4. ٱلۡمَوۡتَ(for) deathl-mawta
  5. مِنfrommin
  6. قَبۡلِbeforeqabli
  7. أَن[that]an
  8. تَلۡقَوۡهُyou met ittalqawhu
  9. فَقَدۡthen indeedfaqad
  10. رَأَيۡتُمُوهُyou have seen itra-aytumūhu
  11. وَأَنتُمۡwhile you (were)wa-antum
  12. تَنظُرُونَlooking ontanẓurūna

Tafsir

O believers, you wished to meet the disbelievers so that you could gain martyrdom for the sake of Allah, like your brothers did on the day of Badr, before you saw the severity and ways of death. Now on the day of Uḥud you have seen what you wished for with your own eyes.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran