Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 152 (3:152)

آلِ عِمْرَان

وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥٓ إِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُم بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَٰزَعْتُمْ …

Quran 3:152 is ayah 152 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 69 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:152
وَلَقَدْصَدَقَكُمُٱللَّهُوَعْدَهُۥٓإِذْتَحُسُّونَهُمبِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖحَتَّىٰٓإِذَافَشِلْتُمْوَتَنَٰزَعْتُمْفِىٱلْأَمْرِوَعَصَيْتُممِّنۢبَعْدِمَآأَرَىٰكُممَّاتُحِبُّونَ ۚمِنكُممَّنيُرِيدُٱلدُّنْيَاوَمِنكُممَّنيُرِيدُٱلَْٔاخِرَةَ ۚثُمَّصَرَفَكُمْعَنْهُمْلِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ ۖوَلَقَدْعَفَاعَنكُمْ ۗوَٱللَّهُذُوفَضْلٍعَلَىٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ١٥٢
walaqad ṣadaqakumu l-lahu waʿdahu idh taḥussūnahum bi-idh'nihi ḥattā idhā fashil'tum watanāzaʿtum fī l-amri waʿaṣaytum min baʿdi mā arākum mā tuḥibbūna minkum man yurīdu l-dun'yā waminkum man yurīdu l-ākhirata thumma ṣarafakum ʿanhum liyabtaliyakum walaqad ʿafā ʿankum wal-lahu dhū faḍlin ʿalā l-mu'minīna

And Allāh had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them [i.e., the enemy] by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet (ﷺ)] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then He turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the believers.(152)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. صَدَقَكُمُṣadaqakumufulfilled to you
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  4. وَعْدَهُۥٓwaʿdahuHis promise
  5. إِذْidhwhen
  6. تَحُسُّونَهُمtaḥussūnahumyou were killing them
  7. بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖbi-idh'nihiby His permission
  8. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
  9. إِذَاidhāwhen
  10. فَشِلْتُمْfashil'tumyou lost courage
  11. وَتَنَٰزَعْتُمْwatanāzaʿtumand you fell into dispute
  12. فِىfīconcerning
  13. ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe order
  14. وَعَصَيْتُمwaʿaṣaytumand you disobeyed
  15. مِّنۢminfrom
  16. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  17. مَآmā[what]
  18. أَرَىٰكُمarākumHe (had) shown you
  19. مَّاmāwhat
  20. تُحِبُّونَ ۚtuḥibbūnayou love
  21. مِنكُمminkumAmong you
  22. مَّنman(are some) who
  23. يُرِيدُyurīdudesire
  24. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
  25. وَمِنكُمwaminkumand among you
  26. مَّنman(are some) who
  27. يُرِيدُyurīdudesire
  28. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةَ ۚl-ākhiratathe Hereafter
  29. ثُمَّthummaThen
  30. صَرَفَكُمْṣarafakumHe diverted you
  31. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
  32. لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ ۖliyabtaliyakumso that He may test you
  33. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd surely
  34. عَفَاʿafāHe forgave
  35. عَنكُمْ ۗʿankumyou
  36. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  37. ذُوdhū(is the) Possessor
  38. فَضْلٍfaḍlin(of) Bounty
  39. عَلَىʿalāfor
  40. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers

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