Quran 3:103 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 103
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Hold fast to God’s rope all together; do not split into factions. Remember God’s favour to you: you were enemies and then He brought your hearts together and you became brothers by His grace; you were about to fall into a pit of Fire and He saved you from it- in this way God makes His revelations clear to you so that you may be rightly guided.
وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا ۚ وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ أَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًا وَكُنْتُمْ عَلَىٰ شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
wa-iʿ'taṣimū biḥabli l-lahi jamīʿan walā tafarraqū wa-udh'kurū niʿ'mata l-lahi ʿalaykum idh kuntum aʿdāan fa-allafa bayna qulūbikum fa-aṣbaḥtum biniʿ'matihi ikh'wānan wakuntum ʿalā shafā ḥuf'ratin mina l-nāri fa-anqadhakum min'hā kadhālika yubayyinu l-lahu lakum āyātihi laʿallakum tahtadūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And hold you fast to God's bond, together, and do not scatter; remember God's blessing upon you when you were enemies, and He brought your hearts together, so that by His blessing you became brothers. You were upon the brink of a pit of Fire, and He delivered you from it; even so God makes clear to you His signs; so haply you will be guided.
- Muhammad Asad
- And hold fast, all together, unto the bond with God, and do not draw apart from one another. And remember the blessings which God has bestowed upon you: how, when you were enemies, He brought your hearts together, so that through His blessing you became brethren; and [how, when] you were on the brink of a fiery abyss. He saved you from it. In this way God makes clear His messages unto you, so that you might find guidance,
- Sahih International
- And hold firmly to the rope of Allāh all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allāh upon you - when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allāh make clear to you His verses that you may be guided.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟wa-iʿ'taṣimū | And hold firmly | عصم |
| 2 | بِحَبْلِbiḥabli | to (the) rope | حبل |
| 3 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 4 | جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿan | all together | جمع |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 6 | تَفَرَّقُوا۟ ۚtafarraqū | be divided | فرق |
| 7 | وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurū | And remember | ذكر |
| 8 | نِعْمَتَniʿ'mata | (the) Favor | نعم |
| 9 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 10 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | on you | — |
| 11 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 12 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you were | كون |
| 13 | أَعْدَآءًۭaʿdāan | enemies | عدو |
| 14 | فَأَلَّفَfa-allafa | then He made friendship | ألف |
| 15 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 16 | قُلُوبِكُمْqulūbikum | your hearts | قلب |
| 17 | فَأَصْبَحْتُمfa-aṣbaḥtum | then you became | صبح |
| 18 | بِنِعْمَتِهِۦٓbiniʿ'matihi | by His Favor | نعم |
| 19 | إِخْوَٰنًۭاikh'wānan | brothers | أخو |
| 20 | وَكُنتُمْwakuntum | And you were | كون |
| 21 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 22 | شَفَاshafā | (the) brink | شفو |
| 23 | حُفْرَةٍۢḥuf'ratin | (of) pit | حفر |
| 24 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 25 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the Fire | نور |
| 26 | فَأَنقَذَكُمfa-anqadhakum | then He saved you | نقذ |
| 27 | مِّنْهَا ۗmin'hā | from it | — |
| 28 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 29 | يُبَيِّنُyubayyinu | makes clear | بين |
| 30 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 31 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 32 | ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihi | His Verses | أيي |
| 33 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 34 | تَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna | (be) guided | هدي |