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Ali 'Imran 161

Ayah 161 of 200 · Medinan

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَن يَغُلَّۚ وَمَن يَغۡلُلۡ يَأۡتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّا كَسَبَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ١٦١

It is not [attributable] to any prophet that he would act unfaithfully [in regard to war booty]. And whoever betrays, [taking unlawfully], will come with what he took on the Day of Resurrection. Then will every soul be [fully] compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كَانَiskāna
  3. لِنَبِيٍّfor a Prophetlinabiyyin
  4. أَنthatan
  5. يَغُلَّۚhe defraudsyaghulla
  6. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  7. يَغۡلُلۡdefraudsyaghlul
  8. يَأۡتِwill bringyati
  9. بِمَاwhatbimā
  10. غَلَّhe had defraudedghalla
  11. يَوۡمَ(on the) Dayyawma
  12. ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ(of) Resurrectionl-qiyāmati
  13. ثُمَّThenthumma
  14. تُوَفَّىٰis repaid in fulltuwaffā
  15. كُلُّeverykullu
  16. نَفۡسٖsoulnafsin
  17. مَّاwhatmā
  18. كَسَبَتۡit earnedkasabat
  19. وَهُمۡand theywahum
  20. لَا(will) notlā
  21. يُظۡلَمُونَbe wrongedyuẓ'lamūna

Tafsir

No of the prophets of Allah would be dishonest and take anything from the gains of war which Allah had not assigned for him. Whoever dishonestly takes something from the gains of war will be repaid by being disgraced on the Day of Judgement: carrying whatever he took in front of creation. Then every soul will be given the total reward of what they earned. No one will be wronged by any addition to their disobedience or by any subtraction from their good actions.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran