Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 140 (3:140)

آلِ عِمْرَان

إِن يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ …

Quran 3:140 is ayah 140 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 67 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:140
إِنيَمْسَسْكُمْقَرْحٌفَقَدْمَسَّٱلْقَوْمَقَرْحٌمِّثْلُهُۥ ۚوَتِلْكَٱلْأَيَّامُنُدَاوِلُهَابَيْنَٱلنَّاسِوَلِيَعْلَمَٱللَّهُٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَيَتَّخِذَمِنكُمْشُهَدَآءَ ۗوَٱللَّهُلَايُحِبُّٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ١٤٠
in yamsaskum qarḥun faqad massa l-qawma qarḥun mith'luhu watil'ka l-ayāmu nudāwiluhā bayna l-nāsi waliyaʿlama l-lahu alladhīna āmanū wayattakhidha minkum shuhadāa wal-lahu lā yuḥibbu l-ẓālimīna

If a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allāh may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allāh does not like the wrongdoers -(140)

Word by word

  1. إِنinIf
  2. يَمْسَسْكُمْyamsaskumtouched you
  3. قَرْحٌqarḥuna wound
  4. فَقَدْfaqadso certainly
  5. مَسَّmassa(has) touched
  6. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
  7. قَرْحٌqarḥunwound
  8. مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚmith'luhulike it
  9. وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd this
  10. ٱلْأَيَّامُl-ayāmu[the] days
  11. نُدَاوِلُهَاnudāwiluhāWe alternate them
  12. بَيْنَbaynaamong
  13. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
  14. وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlama[and] so that makes evident
  15. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  16. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  17. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
  18. وَيَتَّخِذَwayattakhidhaand take
  19. مِنكُمْminkumfrom you
  20. شُهَدَآءَ ۗshuhadāamartyrs
  21. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  22. لَاlā(does) not
  23. يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
  24. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

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