Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 161 (3:161)

آلِ عِمْرَان

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِىٍّ أَن يَغُلَّ ۚ وَمَن يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۚ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ …

Quran 3:161 is ayah 161 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 71 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:161
وَمَاكَانَلِنَبِىٍّأَنيَغُلَّ ۚوَمَنيَغْلُلْيَأْتِبِمَاغَلَّيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۚثُمَّتُوَفَّىٰكُلُّنَفْسٍمَّاكَسَبَتْوَهُمْلَايُظْلَمُونَ١٦١
wamā kāna linabiyyin an yaghulla waman yaghlul yati bimā ghalla yawma l-qiyāmati thumma tuwaffā kullu nafsin mā kasabat wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna

It is not [attributable] to any prophet that he would act unfaithfully [in regard to war booty]. And whoever betrays, [taking unlawfully], will come with what he took on the Day of Resurrection. Then will every soul be [fully] compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.(161)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. كَانَkānais
  3. لِنَبِىٍّlinabiyyinfor a Prophet
  4. أَنanthat
  5. يَغُلَّ ۚyaghullahe defrauds
  6. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  7. يَغْلُلْyaghluldefrauds
  8. يَأْتِyatiwill bring
  9. بِمَاbimāwhat
  10. غَلَّghallahe had defrauded
  11. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
  12. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۚl-qiyāmati(of) Resurrection
  13. ثُمَّthummaThen
  14. تُوَفَّىٰtuwaffāis repaid in full
  15. كُلُّkulluevery
  16. نَفْسٍnafsinsoul
  17. مَّاmāwhat
  18. كَسَبَتْkasabatit earned
  19. وَهُمْwahumand they
  20. لَاlā(will) not
  21. يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnabe wronged

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