Quran 3:140 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 140
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
if you have suffered a blow, they too have suffered one like it. We deal out such days among people in turn, for God to find out who truly believes, for Him to choose martyrs from among you- God does not love evildoers-
إِنْ يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ الْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِثْلُهُ ۚ وَتِلْكَ الْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنْكُمْ شُهَدَاءَ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ
in yamsaskum qarḥun faqad massa l-qawma qarḥun mith'luhu watil'ka l-ayāmu nudāwiluhā bayna l-nāsi waliyaʿlama l-lahu alladhīna āmanū wayattakhidha minkum shuhadāa wal-lahu lā yuḥibbu l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If a wound touches you, a like wound already has touched the heathen; such days We deal out in turn among men, and that God may know who are the believers, and that He may take witnesses from among you; and God loves not the evildoers;
- Muhammad Asad
- If misfortune touches you, [know that] similar misfortune has touched [other] people as well; for it is by turns that We apportion unto men such days [of fortune and misfortune]: and [this] to the end that God might mark out those who have attained to faith, and choose from among you such as [with their lives] bear witness to the truth - since God does not love evildoers -
- Sahih International
- If a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allāh may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allāh does not like the wrongdoers -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | If | — |
| 2 | يَمْسَسْكُمْyamsaskum | touched you | مسس |
| 3 | قَرْحٌۭqarḥun | a wound | قرح |
| 4 | فَقَدْfaqad | so certainly | — |
| 5 | مَسَّmassa | (has) touched | مسس |
| 6 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 7 | قَرْحٌۭqarḥun | wound | قرح |
| 8 | مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚmith'luhu | like it | مثل |
| 9 | وَتِلْكَwatil'ka | And this | — |
| 10 | ٱلْأَيَّامُl-ayāmu | [the] days | يوم |
| 11 | نُدَاوِلُهَاnudāwiluhā | We alternate them | دول |
| 12 | بَيْنَbayna | among | بين |
| 13 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the people | نوس |
| 14 | وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlama | [and] so that makes evident | علم |
| 15 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 16 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 17 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe[d] | أمن |
| 18 | وَيَتَّخِذَwayattakhidha | and take | أخذ |
| 19 | مِنكُمْminkum | from you | — |
| 20 | شُهَدَآءَ ۗshuhadāa | martyrs | شهد |
| 21 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 22 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 23 | يُحِبُّyuḥibbu | love | حبب |
| 24 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |