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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 144of 200

وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌۭ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُ ۚ أَفَإِي۟ن مَّاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ ٱنقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَٰبِكُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَنقَلِبْ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ فَلَن يَضُرَّ ٱللَّهَ شَيْـًۭٔا ۗ وَسَيَجْزِى ٱللَّهُ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ﴿١٤٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Muhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allah at all; but Allah will reward the grateful.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd not
مُحَمَّدٌmuḥammadun(is) Muhammad
إِلَّاillāexcept
رَسُولٌۭrasūluna Messenger
قَدْqadcertainly
خَلَتْkhalatpassed away
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِهِqablihibefore him
ٱلرُّسُلُ ۚl-rusulu[the] (other) Messengers
أَفَإِي۟نafa-inSo if
مَّاتَmātahe died
أَوْawor
قُتِلَqutilais slain
ٱنقَلَبْتُمْinqalabtumwill you turn back
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْ ۚaʿqābikumyour heels
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَنقَلِبْyanqalibturns back
عَلَىٰʿalāon
عَقِبَيْهِʿaqibayhihis heels
فَلَنfalanthen never
يَضُرَّyaḍurrawill he harm
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
شَيْـًۭٔا ۗshayan(in) anything
وَسَيَجْزِىwasayajzīAnd will reward
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَl-shākirīnathe grateful ones

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Rumor that the Prophet was Killed at UhudWhen Muslims suffered defeat in battle at Uhud and some of them were killed, Shaytan shouted, "Muhammad ﷺ has been killed." Ibn Qami'ah went back to the idolators and claimed, "I have killed Muhammad." Some Muslims believed this rumor and thought that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had been killed, claiming that this could happen, for Allah narrated that this occurred to many Prophets before.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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