Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 154
ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْغَمِّ أَمَنَةً نُّعَاسًا يَغْشَىٰ طَآئِفَةً مِّنكُمْ ۖ وَطَآئِفَةٌ قَدْ أَهَمَّتْهُمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ ظَنَّ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ ۖ يَقُولُونَ هَل لَّنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَمْرَ كُلَّهُۥ لِلَّهِ ۗ يُخْفُونَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِم مَّا لَا يُبْدُونَ لَكَ ۖ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ شَىْءٌ مَّا قُتِلْنَا هَـٰهُنَا ۗ قُل لَّوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُيُوتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَتْلُ إِلَىٰ مَضَاجِعِهِمْ ۖ وَلِيَبْتَلِىَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فِى صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ
Then after distress, He sent down upon you security [in the form of] drowsiness, overcoming a faction of you, while another faction worried about themselves, thinking of Allāh other than the truth - the thought of ignorance, saying, "Is there anything for us [to have done] in this matter?" Say, "Indeed, the matter belongs completely to Allāh." They conceal within themselves what they will not reveal to you. They say, "If there was anything we could have done in the matter, we [i.e., some of us] would not have been killed right here." Say, "Even if you had been inside your houses, those decreed to be killed would have come out to their death beds." [It was] so that Allāh might test what is in your breasts and purify what is in your hearts. And Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts.
Word by word
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- أَنزَلَanzalaHe sent down
- عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you
- مِّنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- ٱلْغَمِّl-ghamithe distress
- أَمَنَةًۭamanatansecurity
- نُّعَاسًۭاnuʿāsanslumber
- يَغْشَىٰyaghshāovercoming
- طَآئِفَةًۭṭāifatana group
- مِّنكُمْ ۖminkumof you
- وَطَآئِفَةٌۭwaṭāifatunwhile a group
- قَدْqadcertainly
- أَهَمَّتْهُمْahammathumworried [them]
- أَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhum(about) themselves
- يَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūnathinking
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiabout Allah
- غَيْرَghayraother than
- ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
- ظَنَّẓanna(the) thought
- ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ ۖl-jāhiliyati(of) [the] ignorance
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasaying
- هَلhalIs (there)
- لَّنَاlanāfor us
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matter
- مِنminany
- شَىْءٍۢ ۗshayinthing
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلْأَمْرَl-amrathe matter
- كُلَّهُۥkullahuall (of) it
- لِلَّهِ ۗlillahi(is) for Allah
- يُخْفُونَyukh'fūnaThey hide
- فِىٓfīin
- أَنفُسِهِمanfusihimthemselves
- مَّاmāwhat
- لَاlānot
- يُبْدُونَyub'dūnathey reveal
- لَكَ ۖlakato you
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaThey say
- لَوْlawIf
- كَانَkānawas
- لَنَاlanāfor us
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matter
- شَىْءٌۭshayonanything
- مَّاmānot
- قُتِلْنَاqutil'nāwe would have been killed
- هَـٰهُنَا ۗhāhunāhere
- قُلqulSay
- لَّوْlawIf
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
- فِىfīin
- بُيُوتِكُمْbuyūtikumyour houses
- لَبَرَزَlabarazasurely (would have) come out
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كُتِبَkutibawas decreed
- عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon them
- ٱلْقَتْلُl-qatlu[the] death
- إِلَىٰilātowards
- مَضَاجِعِهِمْ ۖmaḍājiʿihimtheir places of death
- وَلِيَبْتَلِىَwaliyabtaliyaAnd that might test
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- مَاmāwhat
- فِىfī(is) in
- صُدُورِكُمْṣudūrikumyour breasts
- وَلِيُمَحِّصَwaliyumaḥḥiṣaand that He may purge
- مَاmāwhat
- فِىfī(is) in
- قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗqulūbikumyour hearts
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Aware
- بِذَاتِbidhātiof what
- ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri(is in) the breasts
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