Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 143
وَلَقَدْ كُنتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ ٱلْمَوْتَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ
And you had certainly wished for death [i.e., martyrdom] before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.
Ali 'Imran · 3:143
Word by word
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
- تَمَنَّوْنَtamannawnawish
- ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta(for) death
- مِنminfrom
- قَبْلِqablibefore
- أَنan[that]
- تَلْقَوْهُtalqawhuyou met it
- فَقَدْfaqadthen indeed
- رَأَيْتُمُوهُra-aytumūhuyou have seen it
- وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you (were)
- تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūnalooking on
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