Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 174 (3:174)

آلِ عِمْرَان

فَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ لَّمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوٓءٌ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ رِضْوَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ …

Quran 3:174 is ayah 174 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 73 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:174
فَٱنقَلَبُوا۟بِنِعْمَةٍمِّنَٱللَّهِوَفَضْلٍلَّمْيَمْسَسْهُمْسُوٓءٌوَٱتَّبَعُوا۟رِضْوَٰنَٱللَّهِ ۗوَٱللَّهُذُوفَضْلٍعَظِيمٍ١٧٤
fa-inqalabū biniʿ'matin mina l-lahi wafaḍlin lam yamsashum sūon wa-ittabaʿū riḍ'wāna l-lahi wal-lahu dhū faḍlin ʿaẓīmin

So they returned with favor from Allāh and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allāh, and Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.(174)

Word by word

  1. فَٱنقَلَبُوا۟fa-inqalabūSo they returned
  2. بِنِعْمَةٍbiniʿ'matinwith (the) Favor
  3. مِّنَminaof
  4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  5. وَفَضْلٍwafaḍlinand Bounty
  6. لَّمْlamnot
  7. يَمْسَسْهُمْyamsashumtouched them
  8. سُوٓءٌsūonany harm
  9. وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūAnd they followed
  10. رِضْوَٰنَriḍ'wāna(the) pleasure
  11. ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
  12. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
  13. ذُوdhū(is) Possessor
  14. فَضْلٍfaḍlin(of) Bounty
  15. عَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat

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