Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 152
وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥٓ إِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُم بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَرَىٰكُم مَّا تُحِبُّونَ ۚ مِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ ۖ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا عَنكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And Allāh had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them [i.e., the enemy] by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet (ﷺ)] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then He turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the believers.
Word by word
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- صَدَقَكُمُṣadaqakumufulfilled to you
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- وَعْدَهُۥٓwaʿdahuHis promise
- إِذْidhwhen
- تَحُسُّونَهُمtaḥussūnahumyou were killing them
- بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖbi-idh'nihiby His permission
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- فَشِلْتُمْfashil'tumyou lost courage
- وَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْwatanāzaʿtumand you fell into dispute
- فِىfīconcerning
- ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe order
- وَعَصَيْتُمwaʿaṣaytumand you disobeyed
- مِّنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- مَآmā[what]
- أَرَىٰكُمarākumHe (had) shown you
- مَّاmāwhat
- تُحِبُّونَ ۚtuḥibbūnayou love
- مِنكُمminkumAmong you
- مَّنman(are some) who
- يُرِيدُyurīdudesire
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
- وَمِنكُمwaminkumand among you
- مَّنman(are some) who
- يُرِيدُyurīdudesire
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚl-ākhiratathe Hereafter
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- صَرَفَكُمْṣarafakumHe diverted you
- عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
- لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ ۖliyabtaliyakumso that He may test you
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd surely
- عَفَاʿafāHe forgave
- عَنكُمْ ۗʿankumyou
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- ذُوdhū(is the) Possessor
- فَضْلٍfaḍlin(of) Bounty
- عَلَىʿalāfor
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
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