Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 156
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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156. 2 The aforementioned corrupt belief only becomes a cause of deep regret, that if they had not gone on a journey or to the battlefield but had stayed at home, they would have been saved from falling into the lap of death. Whereas death comes even within strong fortresses. Therefore, only those Muslims can be saved from this regret whose beliefs are authentic.
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[149] Here, the disbelievers refer to those hypocrites who used to mingle among the Muslims. Outwardly, they professed faith while concealing disbelief in their hearts.
[150]
The Regretful Words of Khalid bin Walid at the Time of Death:
To hold such a belief or to utter such words is against the belief in destiny, which is the sixth part of faith in the unseen. In this respect as well, these people became disbelievers. Because the time of death is fixed, as is the place. Whatever happens, death will come at its appointed time and will certainly come. There can be no advancement or delay in its time. Similarly, wherever it is destined for one to die, a person, by some means or another, reaches there himself. And when the time of death has not come, even if a person spends his entire life in battles, death will not come to him. Thus, Khalid bin Walidؓ, who fought battles all his life and on whose body there was not a single part left unmarked by the sword or arrow, when death came to him, it came at home. Accordingly, at the time of his own death, he himself said these words: "There is not a span on my body that is free from the wound of a sword or spear, yet today I am dying like a camel (at home)."
[151] Such thoughts as, "If he had not gone on such-and-such journey or jihad, perhaps he would have survived," are nothing but regret upon regret. Otherwise, the one whom Allah keeps alive at home, He can keep alive in jihad as well, and the one whom He can cause to die in jihad, He can cause to die at home as well. To keep alive and to cause death are all within His power. It is within His knowledge.
