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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 145of 200

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ كِتَٰبًۭا مُّؤَجَّلًۭا ۗ وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِۦ مِنْهَا وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهِۦ مِنْهَا ۚ وَسَنَجْزِى ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ﴿١٤٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And it is not [possible] for one to die except by permission of Allah at a decree determined. And whoever desires the reward of this world - We will give him thereof; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter - We will give him thereof. And we will reward the grateful.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānais
لِنَفْسٍlinafsinfor a soul
أَنanthat
تَمُوتَtamūtahe dies
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
كِتَـٰبًۭاkitāban(at a) decree
مُّؤَجَّلًۭا ۗmu-ajjalandetermined
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يُرِدْyuriddesires
ثَوَابَthawābareward
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
نُؤْتِهِۦnu'tihiWe will give him
مِنْهَاmin'hāthereof
وَمَنwamanand whoever
يُرِدْyuriddesires
ثَوَابَthawābareward
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
نُؤْتِهِۦnu'tihiWe will give him
مِنْهَا ۚmin'hāthereof
وَسَنَجْزِىwasanajzīAnd We will reward
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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