Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 156
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ إِذَا ضَرَبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ كَانُوا۟ غُزًّى لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ عِندَنَا مَا مَاتُوا۟ وَمَا قُتِلُوا۟ لِيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ حَسْرَةً فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
O you who have believed, do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brothers when they traveled through the land or went out to fight, "If they had been with us, they would not have died or have been killed," so Allāh makes that [misconception] a regret within their hearts. And it is Allāh who gives life and causes death, and Allāh is Seeing of what you do.
Word by word
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تَكُونُوا۟takūnūbe
- كَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnalike those who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said
- لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْli-ikh'wānihimabout their brothers
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey traveled
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- أَوْawor
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
- غُزًّۭىghuzzanfighting
- لَّوْlawIf
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey had been
- عِندَنَاʿindanāwith us
- مَاmānot
- مَاتُوا۟mātūthey (would have) died
- وَمَاwamāand not
- قُتِلُوا۟qutilūthey (would have) been killed
- لِيَجْعَلَliyajʿalaSo makes
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- حَسْرَةًۭḥasratana regret
- فِىfīin
- قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗqulūbihimtheir hearts
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīgives life
- وَيُمِيتُ ۗwayumītuand causes death
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
- بِمَاbimāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
- بَصِيرٌۭbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
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