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Ali 'Imran 156

Ayah 156 of 200 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَقَالُواْ لِإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡ إِذَا ضَرَبُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَوۡ كَانُواْ غُزّٗى لَّوۡ كَانُواْ عِندَنَا مَا مَاتُواْ وَمَا قُتِلُواْ لِيَجۡعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ حَسۡرَةٗ فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٞ ١٥٦

O you who have believed, do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brothers when they traveled through the land or went out to fight, "If they had been with us, they would not have died or have been killed," so Allāh makes that [misconception] a regret within their hearts. And it is Allāh who gives life and causes death, and Allāh is Seeing of what you do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose who(believe)alladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تَكُونُواْbetakūnū
  6. كَٱلَّذِينَlike those whoka-alladhīna
  7. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  8. وَقَالُواْand they saidwaqālū
  9. لِإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡabout their brothersli-ikh'wānihim
  10. إِذَاwhenidhā
  11. ضَرَبُواْthey traveledḍarabū
  12. فِيinfī
  13. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  14. أَوۡoraw
  15. كَانُواْthey werekānū
  16. غُزّٗىfightingghuzzan
  17. لَّوۡIflaw
  18. كَانُواْthey had beenkānū
  19. عِندَنَاwith usʿindanā
  20. مَاnotmā
  21. مَاتُواْthey (would have) diedmātū
  22. وَمَاand notwamā
  23. قُتِلُواْthey (would have) been killedqutilū
  24. لِيَجۡعَلَSo makesliyajʿala
  25. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  26. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  27. حَسۡرَةٗa regretḥasratan
  28. فِيinfī
  29. قُلُوبِهِمۡۗtheir heartsqulūbihim
  30. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  31. يُحۡيِۦgives lifeyuḥ'yī
  32. وَيُمِيتُۗand causes deathwayumītu
  33. وَٱللَّهُand Allahwal-lahu
  34. بِمَاof whatbimā
  35. تَعۡمَلُونَyou dotaʿmalūna
  36. بَصِيرٞ(is) All-Seerbaṣīrun

Tafsir

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Prophet, do not be like those among the hypocrites who disbelieve, who do not have faith in destiny and Allah’s decree, and who say of their relatives if they travel to earn a living or go out to fight and they die or are killed: If they had stayed with us, and not gone or not fought, then they would not have died or been killed. Allah makes this belief in their hearts increase their regret. Allah alone gives life and death as He wills: staying behind would not stop His decree, and going would not bring it more quickly. Allah sees what you do. None of what you do is hidden from Him and you will be rewarded according to what you do.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran