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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 154
ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْغَمِّ أَمَنَةً نُّعَاسًا يَغْشَىٰ طَآئِفَةً مِّنكُمْ ۖ وَطَآئِفَةٌ قَدْ أَهَمَّتْهُمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ ظَنَّ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ ۖ يَقُولُونَ هَل لَّنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَمْرَ كُلَّهُۥ لِلَّهِ ۗ يُخْفُونَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِم مَّا لَا يُبْدُونَ لَكَ ۖ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ شَىْءٌ مَّا قُتِلْنَا هَـٰهُنَا ۗ قُل لَّوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُيُوتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَتْلُ إِلَىٰ مَضَاجِعِهِمْ ۖ وَلِيَبْتَلِىَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فِى صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ﴿154﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then after the distress, He sent down security for you. Slumber overtook a party of you, while another party was thinking about themselves (as how to save their ownselves, ignoring the others and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) and thought wrongly of Allâh - the thought of ignorance. They said, "Have we any part in the affair?" Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Indeed the affair belongs wholly to Allâh." They hide within themselves what they dare not reveal to you, saying: "If we had anything to do with the affair, none of us would have been killed here." Say: "Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death," but that Allâh might test what is in your breasts; and to purify that which was in your hearts (sins), and Allâh is All-Knower of what is in (your) breasts.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
أَنزَلَ
anzala
He sent down
عَلَيْكُم
ʿalaykum
upon you
مِّنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
ٱلْغَمِّ
l-ghami
the distress
أَمَنَةًۭ
amanatan
security
نُّعَاسًۭا
nuʿāsan
slumber
يَغْشَىٰ
yaghshā
overcoming
طَآئِفَةًۭ
ṭāifatan
a group
مِّنكُمْ ۖ
minkum
of you
وَطَآئِفَةٌۭ
waṭāifatun
while a group
قَدْ
qad
certainly
أَهَمَّتْهُمْ
ahammathum
worried [them]
أَنفُسُهُمْ
anfusuhum
(about) themselves
يَظُنُّونَ
yaẓunnūna
thinking
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
about Allah
غَيْرَ
ghayra
other than
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
ظَنَّ
ẓanna
(the) thought
ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ ۖ
l-jāhiliyati
(of) [the] ignorance
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
saying
هَل
hal
Is (there)
لَّنَا
lanā
for us
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْأَمْرِ
l-amri
the matter
مِن
min
any
شَىْءٍۢ ۗ
shayin
thing
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلْأَمْرَ
l-amra
the matter
كُلَّهُۥ
kullahu
all (of) it
لِلَّهِ ۗ
lillahi
(is) for Allah
يُخْفُونَ
yukh'fūna
They hide
فِىٓ
fī
in
أَنفُسِهِم
anfusihim
themselves
مَّا
mā
what
لَا
lā
not
يُبْدُونَ
yub'dūna
they reveal
لَكَ ۖ
laka
to you
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
They say
لَوْ
law
If
كَانَ
kāna
was
لَنَا
lanā
for us
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْأَمْرِ
l-amri
the matter
شَىْءٌۭ
shayon
anything
مَّا
mā
not
قُتِلْنَا
qutil'nā
we would have been killed
هَـٰهُنَا ۗ
hāhunā
here
قُل
qul
Say
لَّوْ
law
If
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
فِى
fī
in
بُيُوتِكُمْ
buyūtikum
your houses
لَبَرَزَ
labaraza
surely (would have) come out
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كُتِبَ
kutiba
was decreed
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
upon them
ٱلْقَتْلُ
l-qatlu
[the] death
إِلَىٰ
ilā
towards
مَضَاجِعِهِمْ ۖ
maḍājiʿihim
their places of death
وَلِيَبْتَلِىَ
waliyabtaliya
And that might test
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مَا
mā
what
فِى
fī
(is) in
صُدُورِكُمْ
ṣudūrikum
your breasts
وَلِيُمَحِّصَ
waliyumaḥḥiṣa
and that He may purge
مَا
mā
what
فِى
fī
(is) in
قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ
qulūbikum
your hearts
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلِيمٌۢ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Aware
بِذَاتِ
bidhāti
of what
ٱلصُّدُورِ
l-ṣudūri
(is in) the breasts
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.
154. 1 After the aforementioned panic, Allah again bestowed His grace upon the Muslims and cast drowsiness over those Muslims who remained on the battlefield. This drowsiness was a sign of help from Allah. Hazrat Abu Talha ؓ says that I was among those upon whom drowsiness prevailed on the day of Uhud, to the extent that my sword fell from my hand several times; I would pick it up, and it would fall again, then I would pick it up again and it would fall again (Sahih Bukhari). نعاسا is a substitute for امنۃ. طائفہ is used for both singular and plural (Fath al-Qadeer).
154. 2 By this are meant the hypocrites. Obviously, in such circumstances, they were concerned only for their own lives.
154. 3 These were such as: the matter of the Noble Prophet ﷺ is false, the religion to which he calls has an uncertain future, he does not have Allah’s help, and so on.
154. 4 That is, is there now any possibility of victory and help from Allah for us? Or is it that our word can also prevail and be accepted?
154. 5 It is neither in your nor the enemy’s control; help will also come only from Him, and success will also be by His command, and command and prohibition are also His alone.
154. 6 They hide hypocrisy in their hearts, while outwardly they pretend to be seekers of guidance.
154. 7 This they would say among themselves or in their hearts.
154. 8 Allah said, what is the use of such talk? Death will come in any case, and it will come exactly where Allah has decreed it. If you had stayed in your homes and your death was decreed in a battlefield, then fate would certainly have drawn you there.
154. 9 One of the purposes of what happened was to test what is in your hearts, i.e., faith (so that the hypocrites become distinct), and then to purify your hearts from satanic whispers.
154. 10 That is, He knows who is a sincere Muslim and who has donned the cloak of hypocrisy. Among the many wisdoms of jihad is that through it, the believer and the hypocrite become clearly distinguished, so that ordinary people can see and recognize them.
154. 2 By this are meant the hypocrites. Obviously, in such circumstances, they were concerned only for their own lives.
154. 3 These were such as: the matter of the Noble Prophet ﷺ is false, the religion to which he calls has an uncertain future, he does not have Allah’s help, and so on.
154. 4 That is, is there now any possibility of victory and help from Allah for us? Or is it that our word can also prevail and be accepted?
154. 5 It is neither in your nor the enemy’s control; help will also come only from Him, and success will also be by His command, and command and prohibition are also His alone.
154. 6 They hide hypocrisy in their hearts, while outwardly they pretend to be seekers of guidance.
154. 7 This they would say among themselves or in their hearts.
154. 8 Allah said, what is the use of such talk? Death will come in any case, and it will come exactly where Allah has decreed it. If you had stayed in your homes and your death was decreed in a battlefield, then fate would certainly have drawn you there.
154. 9 One of the purposes of what happened was to test what is in your hearts, i.e., faith (so that the hypocrites become distinct), and then to purify your hearts from satanic whispers.
154. 10 That is, He knows who is a sincere Muslim and who has donned the cloak of hypocrisy. Among the many wisdoms of jihad is that through it, the believer and the hypocrite become clearly distinguished, so that ordinary people can see and recognize them.
