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Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 155 (3:155)

آلِ عِمْرَان

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا۟ مِنكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا ٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ …

Quran 3:155 is ayah 155 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 70 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:155
إِنَّٱلَّذِينَتَوَلَّوْا۟مِنكُمْيَوْمَٱلْتَقَىٱلْجَمْعَانِإِنَّمَاٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُٱلشَّيْطَٰنُبِبَعْضِمَاكَسَبُوا۟ ۖوَلَقَدْعَفَاٱللَّهُعَنْهُمْ ۗإِنَّٱللَّهَغَفُورٌحَلِيمٌ١٥٥
inna alladhīna tawallaw minkum yawma l-taqā l-jamʿāni innamā is'tazallahumu l-shayṭānu bibaʿḍi mā kasabū walaqad ʿafā l-lahu ʿanhum inna l-laha ghafūrun ḥalīmun

Indeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two armies met [at Uḥud] - it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some [blame] they had earned. But Allāh has already forgiven them. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing.(155)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawturned back
  4. مِنكُمْminkumamong you
  5. يَوْمَyawma(on the) day
  6. ٱلْتَقَىl-taqāmet
  7. ٱلْجَمْعَانِl-jamʿānithe two hosts
  8. إِنَّمَاinnamāonly
  9. ٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُis'tazallahumumade them slip
  10. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
  11. بِبَعْضِbibaʿḍifor some
  12. مَاmā(of) what
  13. كَسَبُوا۟ ۖkasabūthey (had) earned
  14. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd surely
  15. عَفَاʿafāforgave
  16. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  17. عَنْهُمْ ۗʿanhum[on] them
  18. إِنَّinnaindeed
  19. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  20. غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  21. حَلِيمٌḥalīmunAll-Forbearing

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