Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 168 (3:168)

آلِ عِمْرَان

ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ وَقَعَدُوا۟ لَوْ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ فَٱدْرَءُوا۟ …

Quran 3:168 is ayah 168 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 72 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:168
ٱلَّذِينَقَالُوا۟لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْوَقَعَدُوا۟لَوْأَطَاعُونَامَاقُتِلُوا۟ ۗقُلْفَٱدْرَءُوا۟عَنْأَنفُسِكُمُٱلْمَوْتَإِنكُنتُمْصَٰدِقِينَ١٦٨
alladhīna qālū li-ikh'wānihim waqaʿadū law aṭāʿūnā mā qutilū qul fa-id'raū ʿan anfusikumu l-mawta in kuntum ṣādiqīna

Those who said about their brothers while sitting [at home], "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent death from yourselves, if you should be truthful."(168)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
  2. قَالُوا۟qālūsaid
  3. لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْli-ikh'wānihimabout their brothers
  4. وَقَعَدُوا۟waqaʿadūwhile they sat
  5. لَوْlawIf
  6. أَطَاعُونَاaṭāʿūnāthey (had) obeyed us
  7. مَاmānot
  8. قُتِلُوا۟ ۗqutilūthey would have been killed
  9. قُلْqulSay
  10. فَٱدْرَءُوا۟fa-id'raūThen avert
  11. عَنْʿanfrom
  12. أَنفُسِكُمُanfusikumuyourselves
  13. ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta[the] death
  14. إِنinif
  15. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
  16. صَٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

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