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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 243of 286

۞ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا۟ مِن دِيَٰرِهِمْ وَهُمْ أُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مُوتُوا۟ ثُمَّ أَحْيَٰهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ﴿٢٤٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Have you not considered those who left their homes in many thousands, fearing death? Allah said to them, "Die"; then He restored them to life. And Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of the people do not show gratitude.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ أَلَمْalamDid not
تَرَtarayou see
إِلَىilā[to]
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
خَرَجُوا۟kharajūwent out
مِنminfrom
دِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homes
وَهُمْwahumand they
أُلُوفٌulūfun(were in) thousands
حَذَرَḥadhara(in) fear
ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti(of) [the] death
فَقَالَfaqālaThen said
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مُوتُوا۟mūtūDie
ثُمَّthummathen
أَحْيَـٰهُمْ ۚaḥyāhumHe restored them to life
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَذُوladhū(is) surely Possessor
فَضْلٍfaḍlin(of) bounty
عَلَىʿalāfor
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] mankind
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna[and] but
أَكْثَرَaktharamost
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
لَا(are) not
يَشْكُرُونَyashkurūnagrateful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of the Dead PeopleIbn Abu Hatim related that Ibn `Abbas said that these people mentioned herein, were the residents of a village called Dawardan. `Ali bin `Asim said that they were from Dawardan, a village several miles away from Wasit (in Iraq).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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