Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 154 (2:154)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَن يُقْتَلُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمْوَٰتٌۢ ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَآءٌ وَلَٰكِن لَّا …

Quran 2:154 is ayah 154 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 24 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:154
وَلَاتَقُولُوا۟لِمَنيُقْتَلُفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِأَمْوَٰتٌۢ ۚبَلْأَحْيَآءٌوَلَٰكِنلَّاتَشْعُرُونَ١٥٤
walā taqūlū liman yuq'talu fī sabīli l-lahi amwātun bal aḥyāon walākin lā tashʿurūna

And do not say about those who are killed in the way of Allāh, "They are dead." Rather, they are alive, but you perceive [it] not.(154)

Word by word

  1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  2. تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūsay
  3. لِمَنlimanfor (the ones) who
  4. يُقْتَلُyuq'taluare slain
  5. فِىfīin
  6. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
  7. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  8. أَمْوَٰتٌۢ ۚamwātun(They are) dead
  9. بَلْbalNay
  10. أَحْيَآءٌaḥyāon(they are) alive
  11. وَلَٰكِنwalākin[and] but
  12. لَّاlāyou (do) not
  13. تَشْعُرُونَtashʿurūnaperceive

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