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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 140
إِن يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنكُمْ شُهَدَآءَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿140﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
If a wound (and killing) has touched you, be sure a similar wound (and killing) has touched the others. And so are the days (good and not so good), We give to men by turns, that Allâh may test those who believe, and that He may take martyrs from among you. And Allâh likes not the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِن
in
If
يَمْسَسْكُمْ
yamsaskum
touched you
قَرْحٌۭ
qarḥun
a wound
فَقَدْ
faqad
so certainly
مَسَّ
massa
(has) touched
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
قَرْحٌۭ
qarḥun
wound
مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚ
mith'luhu
like it
وَتِلْكَ
watil'ka
And this
ٱلْأَيَّامُ
l-ayāmu
[the] days
نُدَاوِلُهَا
nudāwiluhā
We alternate them
بَيْنَ
bayna
among
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the people
وَلِيَعْلَمَ
waliyaʿlama
[and] so that makes evident
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
وَيَتَّخِذَ
wayattakhidha
and take
مِنكُمْ
minkum
from you
شُهَدَآءَ ۗ
shuhadāa
martyrs
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
لَا
lā
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
love
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
140. 1. In another way, the Muslims are being consoled that if some of your people were wounded in the Battle of Uhud, so what? Your opponents too (in the Battle of Badr) and at the beginning of Uhud were wounded in the same way, and it is the requirement of Allah’s wisdom that He alternates the days of victory and defeat. Sometimes He makes the victorious defeated, and sometimes He makes the defeated victorious.
