سُوْرَةُ اٰلِ عِمْرٰنَ
Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 156
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ إِذَا ضَرَبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ كَانُوا۟ غُزًّى لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ عِندَنَا مَا مَاتُوا۟ وَمَا قُتِلُوا۟ لِيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ حَسْرَةً فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ﴿156﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you who believe! Be not like those who disbelieve (hypocrites) and who say to their brethren when they travel through the earth or go out to fight: "If they had stayed with us, they would not have died or been killed," so that Allâh may make it a cause of regret in their hearts. It is Allâh that gives life and causes death. And Allâh is All-Seer of what you do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
لَا
lā
(Do) not
تَكُونُوا۟
takūnū
be
كَٱلَّذِينَ
ka-alladhīna
like those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
and they said
لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ
li-ikh'wānihim
about their brothers
إِذَا
idhā
when
ضَرَبُوا۟
ḍarabū
they traveled
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
أَوْ
aw
or
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
غُزًّۭى
ghuzzan
fighting
لَّوْ
law
If
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they had been
عِندَنَا
ʿindanā
with us
مَا
mā
not
مَاتُوا۟
mātū
they (would have) died
وَمَا
wamā
and not
قُتِلُوا۟
qutilū
they (would have) been killed
لِيَجْعَلَ
liyajʿala
So makes
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
حَسْرَةًۭ
ḥasratan
a regret
فِى
fī
in
قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ
qulūbihim
their hearts
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
يُحْىِۦ
yuḥ'yī
gives life
وَيُمِيتُ ۗ
wayumītu
and causes death
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
بِمَا
bimā
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
بَصِيرٌۭ
baṣīrun
(is) All-Seer
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.
156. 1 The people of faith are being prevented from this corrupt belief which the disbelievers and hypocrites held, because this belief is the foundation of cowardice. In contrast, when one believes that life and death are in Allah’s hands, and also that the time of death is fixed, then this creates determination, courage, and the passion to fight in the way of Allah within a person.
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.
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.
