Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 168
ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ وَقَعَدُوا۟ لَوْ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ فَٱدْرَءُوا۟ عَنْ أَنفُسِكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
Those who said about their brothers while sitting [at home], "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent death from yourselves, if you should be truthful."
Ali 'Imran · 3:168
Word by word
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
- قَالُوا۟qālūsaid
- لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْli-ikh'wānihimabout their brothers
- وَقَعَدُوا۟waqaʿadūwhile they sat
- لَوْlawIf
- أَطَاعُونَاaṭāʿūnāthey (had) obeyed us
- مَاmānot
- قُتِلُوا۟ ۗqutilūthey would have been killed
- قُلْqulSay
- فَٱدْرَءُوا۟fa-id'raūThen avert
- عَنْʿanfrom
- أَنفُسِكُمُanfusikumuyourselves
- ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta[the] death
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
- صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful
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