Quran 2:243 — Al-Baqara, verse 243
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], consider those people who abandoned their homeland in fear of death, even though there were thousands of them. God said to them, ‘Die!’ and then brought them back to life again; God shows real favour to people, but most of them are ungrateful.
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ وَهُمْ أُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ اللَّهُ مُوتُوا ثُمَّ أَحْيَاهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ
alam tara ilā alladhīna kharajū min diyārihim wahum ulūfun ḥadhara l-mawti faqāla lahumu l-lahu mūtū thumma aḥyāhum inna l-laha ladhū faḍlin ʿalā l-nāsi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yashkurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Hast thou not regarded those who went forth from their habitations in their thousands fearful of death? God said to them, 'Die!' Then He gave them life. Truly God is bounteous to the people, but most of the people are not thankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- ART THOU NOT aware of those who forsook their homelands in their thousands for fear of death-whereupon God said unto them, "Die," and later brought them back to life? Behold, God is indeed limitless in His bounty unto man -but most people are ungrateful.
- Sahih International
- Have you not considered those who left their homes in many thousands, fearing death? Allāh said to them, "Die"; then He restored them to life. And Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the people, but most of the people do not show gratitude.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ أَلَمْalam | Did not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | [to] | — |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 5 | خَرَجُوا۟kharajū | went out | خرج |
| 6 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 7 | دِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihim | their homes | دور |
| 8 | وَهُمْwahum | and they | — |
| 9 | أُلُوفٌulūfun | (were in) thousands | ألف |
| 10 | حَذَرَḥadhara | (in) fear | حذر |
| 11 | ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti | (of) [the] death | موت |
| 12 | فَقَالَfaqāla | Then said | قول |
| 13 | لَهُمُlahumu | to them | — |
| 14 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 15 | مُوتُوا۟mūtū | Die | موت |
| 16 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 17 | أَحْيَـٰهُمْ ۚaḥyāhum | He restored them to life | حيي |
| 18 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 19 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 20 | لَذُوladhū | (is) surely Possessor | — |
| 21 | فَضْلٍfaḍlin | (of) bounty | فضل |
| 22 | عَلَىʿalā | for | — |
| 23 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | [the] mankind | نوس |
| 24 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | [and] but | — |
| 25 | أَكْثَرَakthara | most | كثر |
| 26 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | (of) the people | نوس |
| 27 | لَاlā | (are) not | — |
| 28 | يَشْكُرُونَyashkurūna | grateful | شكر |