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Ali 'Imran 157

Ayah 157 of 200 · Medinan

وَلَئِن قُتِلۡتُمۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡ مُتُّمۡ لَمَغۡفِرَةٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَحۡمَةٌ خَيۡرٞ مِّمَّا يَجۡمَعُونَ ١٥٧

And if you are killed in the cause of Allāh or die - then forgiveness from Allāh and mercy are better than whatever they accumulate [in this world].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَئِنAnd ifwala-in
  2. قُتِلۡتُمۡyou are killedqutil'tum
  3. فِيinfī
  4. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  5. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  6. أَوۡoraw
  7. مُتُّمۡdie[d] muttum
  8. لَمَغۡفِرَةٞcertainly forgivenesslamaghfiratun
  9. مِّنَfrommina
  10. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  11. وَرَحۡمَةٌand Mercywaraḥmatun
  12. خَيۡرٞ(are) betterkhayrun
  13. مِّمَّاthan whatmimmā
  14. يَجۡمَعُونَthey accumulateyajmaʿūna

Tafsir

If you are killed or die in Allah’s path, O believers, Allah will forgive you and be merciful with you, and that is better than this world along with what the people of this world collect of its passing pleasures.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran