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Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 120 (3:120)

آلِ عِمْرَان

إِن تَمْسَسْكُمْ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُؤْهُمْ وَإِن تُصِبْكُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَفْرَحُوا۟ بِهَا ۖ وَإِن تَصْبِرُوا۟ …

Quran 3:120 is ayah 120 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 65 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:120
إِنتَمْسَسْكُمْحَسَنَةٌتَسُؤْهُمْوَإِنتُصِبْكُمْسَيِّئَةٌيَفْرَحُوا۟بِهَا ۖوَإِنتَصْبِرُوا۟وَتَتَّقُوا۟لَايَضُرُّكُمْكَيْدُهُمْشَئًْا ۗإِنَّٱللَّهَبِمَايَعْمَلُونَمُحِيطٌ١٢٠
in tamsaskum ḥasanatun tasu'hum wa-in tuṣib'kum sayyi-atun yafraḥū bihā wa-in taṣbirū watattaqū lā yaḍurrukum kayduhum shayan inna l-laha bimā yaʿmalūna muḥīṭun

If good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear Allāh, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, Allāh is encompassing of what they do.(120)

Word by word

  1. إِنinIf
  2. تَمْسَسْكُمْtamsaskumtouches you
  3. حَسَنَةٌḥasanatuna good
  4. تَسُؤْهُمْtasu'humit grieves them
  5. وَإِنwa-inand if
  6. تُصِبْكُمْtuṣib'kumstrikes you
  7. سَيِّئَةٌsayyi-atunmisfortune
  8. يَفْرَحُوا۟yafraḥūthey rejoice
  9. بِهَا ۖbihāat it
  10. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  11. تَصْبِرُوا۟taṣbirūyou are patient
  12. وَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand fear (Allah)
  13. لَاlānot
  14. يَضُرُّكُمْyaḍurrukumwill harm you
  15. كَيْدُهُمْkayduhumtheir plot
  16. شَئًْا ۗshayan(in) anything
  17. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  18. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  19. بِمَاbimāof what
  20. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
  21. مُحِيطٌmuḥīṭun(is) All-Encompassing

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