Surah Aal Imraan Recitation, Translation, and Tafseer - The Holy Quran

3:121

وَ اِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ اَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّئُ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ مَقَاعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ سَمِیْعٌ عَلِیْمٌۙ(۱۲۱)

Remember when you set forth in the morning from your house assigning the faithful positions for the battle, God heard everything and knew all.

When thou wentest forth at dawn from thy people to lodge the believers in their pitches for the battle -- God is All-hearing, All-knowing --

3:122

اِذْ هَمَّتْ طَّآىٕفَتٰنِ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ تَفْشَلَاۙ-وَ اللّٰهُ وَلِیُّهُمَاؕ-وَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ فَلْیَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ(۱۲۲)

When two of your bands were about to lose heart God befriended them; and in Him should the faithful place their trust.

when two parties of you were about to lose heart, though God was their Protector -- and in God let the believers put all their trust --

3:123

وَ لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِبَدْرٍ وَّ اَنْتُمْ اَذِلَّةٌۚ-فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُوْنَ(۱۲۳)

For God had helped you during the Battle of Badr at a time when you were helpless. So act in compliance with the laws of God; you may well be grateful.

and God most surely helped you at Badr, when you were utterly abject. So fear God, and haply you Will be thankful.

3:124

اِذْ تَقُوْلُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ اَلَنْ یَّكْفِیَكُمْ اَنْ یُّمِدَّكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ بِثَلٰثَةِ اٰلٰفٍ مِّنَ الْمَلٰٓىٕكَةِ مُنْزَلِیْنَؕ(۱۲۴)

Remember when you said to the faithful: "Is it not sufficient that your Lord should send for your help three thousand angels from the heavens?

When thou saidst to the believers, 'Is it not enough for you that your Lord should reinforce you with three thousand angels sent down upon you?

3:125

بَلٰۤىۙ-اِنْ تَصْبِرُوْا وَ تَتَّقُوْا وَ یَاْتُوْكُمْ مِّنْ فَوْرِهِمْ هٰذَا یُمْدِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ بِخَمْسَةِ اٰلٰفٍ مِّنَ الْمَلٰٓىٕكَةِ مُسَوِّمِیْنَ(۱۲۵)

Indeed if you are patient and take heed for yourselves, and the (enemy) come rushing at you suddenly your Lord will send even five thousand angels on chargers sweeping down."

Yea; if you are patient and godfearing, and the foe come against you instantly, your Lord will reinforce you with five thousand swooping angels.'

3:126

وَ مَا جَعَلَهُ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا بُشْرٰى لَكُمْ وَ لِتَطْمَىٕنَّ قُلُوْبُكُمْ بِهٖؕ-وَ مَا النَّصْرُ اِلَّا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ الْعَزِیْزِ الْحَكِیْمِۙ(۱۲۶)

And God did not do so but as good tidings for you, and to reassure your hearts for victory comes from God alone, the all-mighty and all-wise --

God wrought this not, save as good tiding to you, and that your hearts might be at rest; help comes only from God the All-mighty, the All-wise;

3:127

لِیَقْطَعَ طَرَفًا مِّنَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْۤا اَوْ یَكْبِتَهُمْ فَیَنْقَلِبُوْا خَآىٕبِیْنَ(۱۲۷)

In order that He may cut off a part of unbelievers or overthrow them, and they turn back in frustration.

and that He might cut off a part of the unbelievers or frustrate them, so that they turned in their tracks, disappointed.

3:128

لَیْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْاَمْرِ شَیْءٌ اَوْ یَتُوْبَ عَلَیْهِمْ اَوْ یُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَاِنَّهُمْ ظٰلِمُوْنَ(۱۲۸)

You have no say in the matter if He pardon them or punish them, for they are unjust.

No part of the matter is thine, whether He turns towards them again, or chastises them; for they are evildoers.

3:129

وَ لِلّٰهِ مَا فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ مَا فِی الْاَرْضِؕ-یَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَ یُعَذِّبُ مَنْ یَّشَآءُؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِیْمٌ۠(۱۲۹)

To God belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth: He may pardon whom He please and punish whom He will. Yet God is forgiving and kind.

To God belongs all that is in the heavens and earth; He forgives whom He will, and chastises whom He will; God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.

3:130

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَاْكُلُوا الرِّبٰۤوا اَضْعَافًا مُّضٰعَفَةً۪- وَّ اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُوْنَۚ(۱۳۰)

O you who believe, do not practice usury, charging doubled and redoubled (interest); but have fear of God: you may well attain your goal.

O believers, devour not usury, doubled and redoubled, and fear you God; haply so you will prosper.

3:131

وَ اتَّقُوا النَّارَ الَّتِیْۤ اُعِدَّتْ لِلْكٰفِرِیْنَۚ(۱۳۱)

Keep away from the Fire prepared for the infidels;

And fear the Fire prepared for the unbelievers,

3:132

وَ اَطِیْعُوا اللّٰهَ وَ الرَّسُوْلَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُوْنَۚ(۱۳۲)

Obey God and the Prophet, that you may be treated with mercy.

and obey God and the Messenger; haply so you will find mercy.

3:133

وَ سَارِعُوْۤا اِلٰى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ وَ جَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمٰوٰتُ وَ الْاَرْضُۙ-اُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِیْنَۙ(۱۳۳)

And hasten for the pardon of your Lord, and for Paradise extending over the heavens and the earth, laid out for those who take heed for themselves and fear God,

And vie with one another, hastening to forgiveness from your Lord, and to a garden whose breadth is as the heavens and earth, prepared for the godfearing

3:134

الَّذِیْنَ یُنْفِقُوْنَ فِی السَّرَّآءِ وَ الضَّرَّآءِ وَ الْكٰظِمِیْنَ الْغَیْظَ وَ الْعَافِیْنَ عَنِ النَّاسِؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ یُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِیْنَۚ(۱۳۴)

Who expend both in joy and tribulation, who suppress their anger and pardon their fellowmen; and God loves those who are upright and do good,

who expend in prosperity and adversity in almsgiving, and restrain their rage, and pardon the offences of their fellowmen; and God loves the good-doers;

3:135

وَ الَّذِیْنَ اِذَا فَعَلُوْا فَاحِشَةً اَوْ ظَلَمُوْۤا اَنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللّٰهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوْا لِذُنُوْبِهِمْ۫-وَ مَنْ یَّغْفِرُ الذُّنُوْبَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ ﳑ وَ لَمْ یُصِرُّوْا عَلٰى مَا فَعَلُوْا وَ هُمْ یَعْلَمُوْنَ(۱۳۵)

And those who, if they commit a shameful act or some wrong against themselves, remember God and seek forgiveness for their sins: For who can forgive except God? They should not be perverse about their doings, knowingly.

who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember God, and pray forgiveness for their sins -- and who shall forgive sins but God? -- and do not persevere in the things they did and that wittingly.

3:136

اُولٰٓىٕكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ مَّغْفِرَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمْ وَ جَنّٰتٌ تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَاؕ-وَ نِعْمَ اَجْرُ الْعٰمِلِیْنَؕ(۱۳۶)

Their recompense is pardon by their Lord, and gardens with streams of running water where they will abide for ever. How fair is the recompense of those who act!

Those -- their recompense is forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, therein dwelling forever; and how excellent is the wage of those who labour!

3:137

قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌۙ-فَسِیْرُوْا فِی الْاَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوْا كَیْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِیْنَ(۱۳۷)

There have been many dispensations before you; so travel in the land and see what befell those who denied the truth.

Divers institutions have passed away before you; journey in the land, and behold how was the end of those that cried lies.

3:138

هٰذَا بَیَانٌ لِّلنَّاسِ وَ هُدًى وَّ مَوْعِظَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِیْنَ(۱۳۸)

This is a clear declaration for mankind, and a guidance and a warning for those who preserve themselves from evil.

This is an exposition for mankind, and a guidance, and an admonition for such as are godfearing.

3:139

وَ لَا تَهِنُوْا وَ لَا تَحْزَنُوْا وَ اَنْتُمُ الْاَعْلَوْنَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ(۱۳۹)

So do not lose heart or be grieved, for you will surely prevail if you are believers.

Faint not, neither sorrow; you shall be the upper ones if you are believers.

3:140

اِنْ یَّمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ الْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهٗؕ-وَ تِلْكَ الْاَیَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَیْنَ النَّاسِۚ-وَ لِیَعْلَمَ اللّٰهُ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ یَتَّخِذَ مِنْكُمْ شُهَدَآءَؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ لَا یُحِبُّ الظّٰلِمِیْنَۙ(۱۴۰)

If you have been wounded they too have suffered a wound. We cause this alternation of night and day in the affairs of men so that God may know those who believe, taking some as witness (of truth) from your ranks, for God does not like those who are unjust.

If a wound touches you, a like wound already has touched the heathen; such days We deal out in turn among men, and that God may know who are the believers, and that He may take witnesses from among you; and God loves not the evildoers;

3:141

وَ لِیُمَحِّصَ اللّٰهُ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ یَمْحَقَ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ(۱۴۱)

This is so that God may try the faithful and destroy the unbelievers.

and that God may prove the believers, and blot out the unbelievers.

3:142

اَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ اَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ وَ لَمَّا یَعْلَمِ اللّٰهُ الَّذِیْنَ جٰهَدُوْا مِنْكُمْ وَ یَعْلَمَ الصّٰبِرِیْنَ(۱۴۲)

Do you think you will go to Paradise while God does not know who among you strive and persist?

Or did you suppose you should enter Paradise without God know who of you have struggled and who are patient?

3:143

وَ لَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ الْمَوْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تَلْقَوْهُ۪-فَقَدْ رَاَیْتُمُوْهُ وَ اَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُوْنَ۠(۱۴۳)

You had wished to know death before you faced it (in battle); so now you have seen it before your own eyes.

You were longing for death before you met it; now you have seen it, while you were beholding.

3:144

وَ مَا مُحَمَّدٌ اِلَّا رَسُوْلٌۚ-قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُؕ-اَفَاۡىٕنْ مَّاتَ اَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلٰۤى اَعْقَابِكُمْؕ-وَ مَنْ یَّنْقَلِبْ عَلٰى عَقِبَیْهِ فَلَنْ یَّضُرَّ اللّٰهَ شَیْــٴًـاؕ-وَ سَیَجْزِی اللّٰهُ الشّٰكِرِیْنَ(۱۴۴)

Muhammad is only a messenger; and many a messenger has gone before him. So what if he dies or is killed! Will you turn back and go away in haste? But he who turns back and goes away in haste will do no harm to God. But God will reward those who give thanks (and are grateful).

Muhammad is naught but a Messenger; Messengers have passed away before him. Why, if he should die or is slain, will you turn about on your heels? If any man should turn about on his heels, he will not harm God in any way; and God will recompense the thankful.

3:145

وَ مَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ اَنْ تَمُوْتَ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِ كِتٰبًا مُّؤَجَّلًاؕ-وَ مَنْ یُّرِدْ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْیَا نُؤْتِهٖ مِنْهَاۚ-وَ مَنْ یُّرِدْ ثَوَابَ الْاٰخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهٖ مِنْهَاؕ-وَ سَنَجْزِی الشّٰكِرِیْنَ(۱۴۵)

No one can die before his appointed term except in accordance with the law of God. And to him who desires a reward in this world, We shall give it; and to him who desires a reward in the life to come, We shall do that. We shall certainly reward those who are grateful.

It is not given to any soul to die, save by the leave of God, at an appointed time. Whoso desires the reward of this world, We will give him of this; and whoso desires the reward of the other world, We will give him of that; and We will recompense the thankful.

3:146

وَ كَاَیِّنْ مِّنْ نَّبِیٍّ قٰتَلَۙ-مَعَهٗ رِبِّیُّوْنَ كَثِیْرٌۚ-فَمَا وَ هَنُوْا لِمَاۤ اَصَابَهُمْ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ وَ مَا ضَعُفُوْا وَ مَا اسْتَكَانُوْاؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ یُحِبُّ الصّٰبِرِیْنَ(۱۴۶)

Many a seeker after God has fought in the way of God by the side of many an apostle, undaunted (by disaster), and did not disgrace themselves; -- verily God loves those who are steadfast.

Many a Prophet there has been, with whom thousands manifold have fought, and they fainted not for what smote them in God's way, neither weakened, nor did they humble themselves; and God loves the patient.

3:147

وَ مَا كَانَ قَوْلَهُمْ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ قَالُوْا رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوْبَنَا وَ اِسْرَافَنَا فِیْۤ اَمْرِنَا وَ ثَبِّتْ اَقْدَامَنَا وَ انْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ(۱۴۷)

Nor did they say aught but: "O our Lord, forgive us our sins and excesses in our acts, and steady our steps, and help us against unbelieving people."

Nothing else they said but, 'Lord, forgive us our sins, and that we exceeded in our affair, and make firm our feet, and help us against the people of the unbelievers.'

3:148

فَاٰتٰىهُمُ اللّٰهُ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْیَا وَ حُسْنَ ثَوَابِ الْاٰخِرَةِؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ یُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ۠(۱۴۸)

So God rewarded them in this world, and a better reward awaits them in the next; for God loves those who do good.

And God gave them the reward of this world and the fairest reward of the world to come; and God loves the good-doers.

3:149

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْۤا اِنْ تُطِیْعُوا الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا یَرُدُّوْكُمْ عَلٰۤى اَعْقَابِكُمْ فَتَنْقَلِبُوْا خٰسِرِیْنَ(۱۴۹)

O believers, if you listen to the infidels they will make you turn your backs, and you will be the losers.

O believers, if you obey the unbelievers they will turn you upon your heels, and you will turn about, losers.

3:150

بَلِ اللّٰهُ مَوْلٰىكُمْۚ-وَ هُوَ خَیْرُ النّٰصِرِیْنَ(۱۵۰)

But God is your protector, and He is the best of helpers.

No; but God is your Protector, and He is the best of helpers.

3:151

سَنُلْقِیْ فِیْ قُلُوْبِ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوا الرُّعْبَ بِمَاۤ اَشْرَكُوْا بِاللّٰهِ مَا لَمْ یُنَزِّلْ بِهٖ سُلْطٰنًاۚ-وَ مَاْوٰىهُمُ النَّارُؕ-وَ بِئْسَ مَثْوَى الظّٰلِمِیْنَ(۱۵۱)

We shall strike terror into the hearts of unbelievers for ascribing compeers to God for which He has sent down no sanction. Hell is their residence, the evil abode of the unjust.

We will cast into the hearts of the unbelievers terror, for that they have associated with God that for which He sent down never authority; their lodging shall be the Fire; evil is the lodging of the evildoers.

3:152

وَ لَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ اللّٰهُ وَعْدَهٗۤ اِذْ تَحُسُّوْنَهُمْ بِاِذْنِهٖۚ-حَتّٰۤى اِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَ تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِی الْاَمْرِ وَ عَصَیْتُمْ مِّنْۢ بَعْدِ مَاۤ اَرٰىكُمْ مَّا تُحِبُّوْنَؕ-مِنْكُمْ مَّنْ یُّرِیْدُ الدُّنْیَا وَ مِنْكُمْ مَّنْ یُّرِیْدُ الْاٰخِرَةَۚ-ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِیَبْتَلِیَكُمْۚ-وَ لَقَدْ عَفَا عَنْكُمْؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ ذُوْ فَضْلٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ(۱۵۲)

The promise made to you by God was verified when you destroyed (the foe) by His leave, until you were unmanned and disputed the order, and thus disobeyed (the Apostle) even after He had brought you in sight of (victory) you longed for. Some of you desired this world, and some of you the next. Then He put you to flight before (them) in order to try you. But (now) He has forgiven you, for surely God is kind to the faithful.

God has been true in His promise towards you when you blasted them by His leave; until you lost heart, and quarrelled about the matter, and were rebellious, after He had shown you that you longed for. Some of you there are that desire this world, and some of you there are desire the next world. Then He turned you from them, that He might try you; and He has pardoned you; and God is bounteous to the believers.

3:153

اِذْ تُصْعِدُوْنَ وَ لَا تَلْوٗنَ عَلٰۤى اَحَدٍ وَّ الرَّسُوْلُ یَدْعُوْكُمْ فِیْۤ اُخْرٰىكُمْ فَاَثَابَكُمْ غَمًّۢا بِغَمٍّ لِّكَیْلَا تَحْزَنُوْا عَلٰى مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَ لَا مَاۤ اَصَابَكُمْؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ خَبِیْرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ(۱۵۳)

Remember, as you were rushing up (the hill) without turning back to look, though the Prophet was calling you from the rear, He requited you with anguish for an anguish that you do not fret for missed opportunity and what befell you, for God is aware of all that you do,

When you were going up, not twisting about for anyone, and the Messenger was calling you in your rear; so He rewarded you with grief on grief that you might not sorrow for what escaped you neither for what smote you; and God is aware of the things you do.

3:154

ثُمَّ اَنْزَلَ عَلَیْكُمْ مِّنْۢ بَعْدِ الْغَمِّ اَمَنَةً نُّعَاسًا یَّغْشٰى طَآىٕفَةً مِّنْكُمْۙ-وَ طَآىٕفَةٌ قَدْ اَهَمَّتْهُمْ اَنْفُسُهُمْ یَظُنُّوْنَ بِاللّٰهِ غَیْرَ الْحَقِّ ظَنَّ الْجَاهِلِیَّةِؕ-یَقُوْلُوْنَ هَلْ لَّنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ مِنْ شَیْءٍؕ-قُلْ اِنَّ الْاَمْرَ كُلَّهٗ لِلّٰهِؕ-یُخْفُوْنَ فِیْۤ اَنْفُسِهِمْ مَّا لَا یُبْدُوْنَ لَكَؕ-یَقُوْلُوْنَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ شَیْءٌ مَّا قُتِلْنَا هٰهُنَاؕ-قُلْ لَّوْ كُنْتُمْ فِیْ بُیُوْتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ الَّذِیْنَ كُتِبَ عَلَیْهِمُ الْقَتْلُ اِلٰى مَضَاجِعِهِمْۚ-وَ لِیَبْتَلِیَ اللّٰهُ مَا فِیْ صُدُوْرِكُمْ وَ لِیُمَحِّصَ مَا فِیْ قُلُوْبِكُمْؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ عَلِیْمٌۢ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُوْرِ(۱۵۴)

Then after affliction He Sent you a drowsiness as comes after security, overwhelming some among you, and making some anxious for themselves, and made them think thoughts of pagan ignorance; and they said: "Have we a say in any affair?" Say: "All affairs rest with God." They hide in their hearts what they do not disclose to you. They say: "If we had a say in the affair we would not have been killed in this place." Tell them: "Even had you stayed at home, those of you who were ordained to fight would have gone to their place of (eternal) rest. God had to try them to bring out what they concealed in their breasts, and to bring out the secrets of their hearts, for God knows your innermost thoughts.

Then He sent down upon you, after grief, security -- a slumber overcoming a party of you; and a party themselves had grieved, thinking of God thoughts that were not true such as the pagans thought, saying, 'Have we any part whatever in the affair?' Say: 'The affair belongs to God entirely.' They were concealing in their hearts that they show not to thee, saying, 'Ah, if we had had a part in the affair, never would we have been slain here.' Say: 'Even if you had been in your houses, those for whom slaying was appointed would have sallied forth unto their last couches'; and that God might try what was in your breasts, and that He might prove what was in your hearts; and God knows the thoughts in the breasts.

3:155

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنْكُمْ یَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعٰنِۙ-اِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّیْطٰنُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوْاۚ-وَ لَقَدْ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَنْهُمْؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُوْرٌ حَلِیْمٌ۠(۱۵۵)

All those among you who turned their backs on the day the two armies clashed (at ´Uhud) were surely induced by Satan to fail in their duty because of their sinful deeds. But God has already forgiven them, for God is forgiving and kind.

Those of you who turned away the day the two hosts encountered -- Satan made them slip for somewhat they had earned; but God has pardoned them; God is All-forgiving, All-clement.

3:156

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَكُوْنُوْا كَالَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا وَ قَالُوْا لِاِخْوَانِهِمْ اِذَا ضَرَبُوْا فِی الْاَرْضِ اَوْ كَانُوْا غُزًّى لَّوْ كَانُوْا عِنْدَنَا مَا مَاتُوْا وَ مَا قُتِلُوْاۚ-لِیَجْعَلَ اللّٰهُ ذٰلِكَ حَسْرَةً فِیْ قُلُوْبِهِمْؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ یُحْیٖ وَ یُمِیْتُؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ بَصِیْرٌ(۱۵۶)

O you who believe, do not be like those who deny, and say of their brethren (who died) travelling in the land or fighting: "Had they stayed with us here they would not have died or been killed." This happened so that God may fill their hearts with grief. God is the giver of life and death and sees all that you do.

O believers, be not as the unbelievers who say to their brothers, when they journey in the land, or are upon expeditions, 'If they had been with us, they would not have died and not been slain' -- that God may make that an anguish in their hearts. For God gives life, and He makes to die; and God sees the things you do.

3:157

وَ لَىٕنْ قُتِلْتُمْ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ اَوْ مُتُّمْ لَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَ رَحْمَةٌ خَیْرٌ مِّمَّا یَجْمَعُوْنَ(۱۵۷)

If you are killed in the cause of God or you die, the forgiveness and mercy of God are better than all that you amass.

If you are slain or die in God's way, forgiveness and mercy from God are a better thing than that you amass;

3:158

وَ لَىٕنْ مُّتُّمْ اَوْ قُتِلْتُمْ لَاِالَى اللّٰهِ تُحْشَرُوْنَ(۱۵۸)

And if you die or are killed, even so it is to God that you will return.

surely if you die or are slain, it is unto God you shall be mustered.

3:159

فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ لِنْتَ لَهُمْۚ-وَ لَوْ كُنْتَ فَظًّا غَلِیْظَ الْقَلْبِ لَا نْفَضُّوْا مِنْ حَوْلِكَ۪- فَاعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَ شَاوِرْهُمْ فِی الْاَمْرِۚ-فَاِذَا عَزَمْتَ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّٰهِؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یُحِبُّ الْمُتَوَكِّلِیْنَ(۱۵۹)

It was through God´s mercy that you dealt with them gently; for had you been stern and hard of heart they would surely have broken away from you. So pardon them and pray that forgiveness be theirs, and seek their counsel in all affairs, And when you have come to a decision place your trust in God alone, for He loves those who place their trust in Him.

It was by some mercy of God that thou wast gentle to them; hadst thou been harsh and hard of heart, they would have scattered from about thee. So pardon them, and pray forgiveness for them, and take counsel with them in the affair; and when thou art resolved, put thy trust in God; surely God loves those who put their trust.

3:160

اِنْ یَّنْصُرْكُمُ اللّٰهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْۚ-وَ اِنْ یَّخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِیْ یَنْصُرُكُمْ مِّنْۢ بَعْدِهٖؕ-وَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ فَلْیَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ(۱۶۰)

If God is there to help you none will overcome you; and if He forsake you, who will help you other than Him? So only in God should the faithful place their trust.

If God helps you, none can overcome you; but if He forsakes you, who then can help you after Him? Therefore in God let the believers put all their trust.