Ali 'Imran, verse 168

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1. Those who alladhīna
2. said qālū
3. about their brothers li-ikh'wānihim
4. while they sat waqaʿadū
5. If law
6. they (had) obeyed us aṭāʿūnā
7. not mā
8. they would have been killed qutilū
9. Say qul
10. Then avert fa-id'raū
11. from ʿan
12. yourselves anfusikumu
13. [the] death l-mawta
14. if in
15. you are kuntum
16. truthful ṣādiqīna

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 3:165.

The Reason and Wisdom Behind the Defeat at Uhud Allah said, أَوَ لَمَّا أَصَبَتْكُمْ مُّصِيبَةٌ (When a single disaster smites you), in reference to when the Muslims suffered seventy fatalities during the battle of Uhud, قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ مِّثْلَيْهَا (although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as great,) during Badr, when the Muslims killed seventy Mushriks and captured seventy others, قُلْتُمْ أَنَّى هَذَا (you say: "From where does this come to us") why did this defeat happen to us قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنْفُسِكُمْ (Say, "It is from yourselves.") Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `Umar bin…

• 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,
• Verse 167 وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَافَقُوا۟ ۚ وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ قَـٰتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَوِ ٱدْفَعُوا۟ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَوْ نَعْلَمُ قِتَالًا لَّٱتَّبَعْنَـٰكُمْ ۗ هُمْ لِلْكُفْرِ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُمْ لِلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚ يَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِم مَّا لَيْسَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَكْتُمُونَ when it was said to them, ‘Come, fight for God’s cause, or at least defend yourselves,’ answered, ‘We would follow you if we knew there was going to be fighting.’ On that day they were closer to disbelief than belief. They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts: God knows exactly what they conceal.
• Verse 168
• Verse 169 وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمْوَٰتًۢا ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَآءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ [Prophet], do not think of those who have been killed in God’s way as dead. They are alive with their Lord, well provided for,
• Verse 170 فَرِحِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَيَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَلْحَقُوا۟ بِهِم مِّنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ happy with what God has given them of His favour; rejoicing that for those they have left behind who have yet to join them there is no fear, nor will they grieve;

• قول qāf wāw lām
• اخو alif khā wāw
• قعد qāf ʿayn dāl
• طوع ṭā wāw ʿayn
• قتل qāf tā lām
• درا dāl rā alif
• نفس nūn fā sīn
• موت mīm wāw tā
• كون kāf wāw nūn
• صدق ṣād dāl qāf

• Battle of Uḥud
• Brother الأخ
• Brotherhood الأخوة
• Death الموت
• Killing القتل
• Murder القتل
• Uhud أحد

• Al-Baqarah 2:94 · Same ending قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
• Al-Jumu'ah 62:6 · Same ending قُلْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوٓا۟ إِن زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ لِلَّهِ مِن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

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