Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 140
إِن يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنكُمْ شُهَدَآءَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
If a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allāh may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allāh does not like the wrongdoers -
Ali 'Imran · 3:140
Word by word
- إِنinIf
- يَمْسَسْكُمْyamsaskumtouched you
- قَرْحٌۭqarḥuna wound
- فَقَدْfaqadso certainly
- مَسَّmassa(has) touched
- ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
- قَرْحٌۭqarḥunwound
- مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚmith'luhulike it
- وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd this
- ٱلْأَيَّامُl-ayāmu[the] days
- نُدَاوِلُهَاnudāwiluhāWe alternate them
- بَيْنَbaynaamong
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
- وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlama[and] so that makes evident
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
- وَيَتَّخِذَwayattakhidhaand take
- مِنكُمْminkumfrom you
- شُهَدَآءَ ۗshuhadāamartyrs
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- لَاlā(does) not
- يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
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