Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 154
وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَن يُقْتَلُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمْوَٰتٌۢ ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَآءٌ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَشْعُرُونَ
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.
Al-Baqarah · 2:154
Word by word
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūsay
- لِمَنlimanfor (the ones) who
- يُقْتَلُyuq'taluare slain
- فِىfīin
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- أَمْوَٰتٌۢ ۚamwātun(They are) dead
- بَلْbalNay
- أَحْيَآءٌۭaḥyāon(they are) alive
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
- لَّاlāyou (do) not
- تَشْعُرُونَtashʿurūnaperceive
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