Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 162 (3:162)

آلِ عِمْرَان

أَفَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضْوَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَنۢ بَآءَ بِسَخَطٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَبِئْسَ …

Quran 3:162 is ayah 162 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.

3:162
أَفَمَنِٱتَّبَعَرِضْوَٰنَٱللَّهِكَمَنۢبَآءَبِسَخَطٍمِّنَٱللَّهِوَمَأْوَىٰهُجَهَنَّمُ ۚوَبِئْسَٱلْمَصِيرُ١٦٢
afamani ittabaʿa riḍ'wāna l-lahi kaman bāa bisakhaṭin mina l-lahi wamawāhu jahannamu wabi'sa l-maṣīru

So is one who pursues the pleasure of Allāh like one who brings upon himself the anger of Allāh and whose refuge is Hell? And wretched is the destination.(162)

Word by word

  1. أَفَمَنِafamaniSo is (the one) who
  2. ٱتَّبَعَittabaʿapursues
  3. رِضْوَٰنَriḍ'wāna(the) pleasure
  4. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  5. كَمَنۢkamanlike (the one) who
  6. بَآءَbāadraws
  7. بِسَخَطٍbisakhaṭinon (himself) wrath
  8. مِّنَminaof
  9. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  10. وَمَأْوَىٰهُwamawāhuand his abode
  11. جَهَنَّمُ ۚjahannamu(is) hell
  12. وَبِئْسَwabi'saand wretched
  13. ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the destination

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