Ali 'Imran, verse 164

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1. Certainly laqad
2. bestowed a Favor manna
3. Allah l-lahu
4. upon ʿalā
5. the believers l-mu'minīna
6. as idh
7. He raised baʿatha
8. among them fīhim
9. a Messenger rasūlan
10. from min
11. themselves anfusihim
12. reciting yatlū
13. to them ʿalayhim
14. His Verses āyātihi
15. and purifying them wayuzakkīhim
16. and teaching them wayuʿallimuhumu
17. the Book l-kitāba
18. and the wisdom wal-ḥik'mata
19. although wa-in
20. they were kānū
21. from min
22. before (that) qablu
23. certainly in lafī
24. (the) error ḍalālin
25. clear mubīnin

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 3:159.

Among the Qualities of Our Prophet Muhammad are Mercy and Kindness Allah addresses His Messenger and reminds him and the believers of the favor that He has made his heart and words soft for his Ummah, those who follow his command and refrain from what he prohibits. فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ لِنتَ لَهُمْ (And by the mercy of Allah, you dealt with them gently) 3:159. meaning, who would have made you this kind, if it was not Allah's mercy for you and them. Qatadah said that, فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ لِنتَ لَهُمْ (And by the mercy of Allah, you dealt with them gently) means, "With…

• Verse 162 أَفَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضْوَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَنۢ بَآءَ بِسَخَطٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ Can the man who pursues God’s good pleasure be like the man who has brought God’s wrath upon himself and whose home will be Hell- a foul destination?
• Verse 163 هُمْ دَرَجَـٰتٌ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ They are in a different class in God’s eyes; God sees exactly what they do.
• Verse 164
• Verse 165 أَوَلَمَّآ أَصَـٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُم مِّثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَـٰذَا ۖ قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ Why do you [believers] say, when a calamity befalls you, even after you have inflicted twice as much damage [on your enemy], ‘How did this happen?’? [Prophet], say, ‘You brought it upon yourselves.’ God has power over everything:
• Verse 166 وَمَآ أَصَـٰبَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ what befell you on the day the two armies met in battle happened with God’s permission and in order for Him to see who were the true believers and who were the hypocrites who,

• منن mīm nūn nūn
• اله alif lām hā
• امن alif mīm nūn
• بعث bā ʿayn thā
• رسل rā sīn lām
• نفس nūn fā sīn
• تلو tā lām wāw
• ايي alif yā yā
• زكو zāy kāf wāw
• علم ʿayn lām mīm
• كتب kāf tā bā
• حكم ḥā kāf mīm
• كون kāf wāw nūn
• قبل qāf bā lām
• ضلل ḍād lām lām
• بين bā yā nūn

• as a favour to the believers
• Astray الضلالة
• Battle of Uḥud
• Belief الإيمان
• Messenger الرسول
• Purification التزكية
• Purity الطهارة
• Wisdom الحكمة

• Al-Jumu'ah 62:2 · Same ending هُوَ ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ فِى ٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

• فِيهِمْ رَسُولًۭا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ ۚ 4 places

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