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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 156of 200

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ إِذَا ضَرَبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ كَانُوا۟ غُزًّۭى لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ عِندَنَا مَا مَاتُوا۟ وَمَا قُتِلُوا۟ لِيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ حَسْرَةًۭ فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌۭ﴿١٥٦

Translation (Sahih International)

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 Allah makes that [misconception] a regret within their hearts. And it is Allah who gives life and causes death, and Allah is Seeing of what you do.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
لَا(Do) not
تَكُونُوا۟takūnūbe
كَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnalike those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said
لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْli-ikh'wānihimabout their brothers
إِذَاidhāwhen
ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey traveled
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
أَوْawor
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
غُزًّۭىghuzzanfighting
لَّوْlawIf
كَانُوا۟kānūthey had been
عِندَنَاʿindanāwith us
مَاnot
مَاتُوا۟mātūthey (would have) died
وَمَاwamāand not
قُتِلُوا۟qutilūthey (would have) been killed
لِيَجْعَلَliyajʿalaSo makes
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
حَسْرَةًۭḥasratana regret
فِىin
قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗqulūbihimtheir hearts
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīgives life
وَيُمِيتُ ۗwayumītuand causes death
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
بَصِيرٌۭbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Prohibiting the Ideas of the Disbeleivers about Death and PredestinationAllah forbids His believing servants from the disbelievers' false creed, seen in their statement about those who died in battle and during travel; "Had they abandoned these trips, they would not have met their demise.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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