Quran 3:143 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 143
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Before you encountered death, you were hoping for it. Well, now you have seen it with your own eyes.
وَلَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ الْمَوْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ
walaqad kuntum tamannawna l-mawta min qabli an talqawhu faqad ra-aytumūhu wa-antum tanẓurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- You were longing for death before you met it; now you have seen it, while you were beholding.
- Muhammad Asad
- For, indeed, you did long for death [in God’s cause] before you came face to face with it; and now you have seen it with your own eyes!
- Sahih International
- And you had certainly wished for death [i.e., martyrdom] before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used to | كون |
| 3 | تَمَنَّوْنَtamannawna | wish | مني |
| 4 | ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta | (for) death | موت |
| 5 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 6 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 7 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 8 | تَلْقَوْهُtalqawhu | you met it | لقي |
| 9 | فَقَدْfaqad | then indeed | — |
| 10 | رَأَيْتُمُوهُra-aytumūhu | you have seen it | رأي |
| 11 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you (were) | — |
| 12 | تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūna | looking on | نظر |