Quran 3:152 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 152
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God fulfilled His promise to you: you were routing them, with His permission, but then you faltered, disputed the order, and disobeyed, once He had brought you within sight of your goal- some of you desire the gains of this world and others desire the world to come- and then He prevented you from [defeating] them as a punishment. He has now forgiven you: God is most gracious to the believers.
وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ إِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُمْ بِإِذْنِهِ ۖ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا أَرَاكُمْ مَا تُحِبُّونَ ۚ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرِيدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرِيدُ الْآخِرَةَ ۚ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ ۖ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا عَنْكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
walaqad ṣadaqakumu l-lahu waʿdahu idh taḥussūnahum bi-idh'nihi ḥattā idhā fashil'tum watanāzaʿtum fī l-amri waʿaṣaytum min baʿdi mā arākum mā tuḥibbūna minkum man yurīdu l-dun'yā waminkum man yurīdu l-ākhirata thumma ṣarafakum ʿanhum liyabtaliyakum walaqad ʿafā ʿankum wal-lahu dhū faḍlin ʿalā l-mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God has been true in His promise towards you when you blasted them by His leave; until you lost heart, and quarrelled about the matter, and were rebellious, after He had shown you that you longed for. Some of you there are that desire this world, and some of you there are desire the next world. Then He turned you from them, that He might try you; and He has pardoned you; and God is bounteous to the believers.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND, INDEED, God made good His promise unto you when, by His leave, you were about to destroy your foes - until the moment when you lost heart and acted contrary to the [Prophet's] command, and disobeyed after He had brought you within view of that [victory] for which you were longing. There were among you such as cared for this world [alone], just as there were among you such as cared for the life to come: whereupon, in order that He might put you to a test, He prevented you from defeating your foes. But now He has effaced your sin: for God is limitless in His bounty unto the believers.
- Sahih International
- And Allāh had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them [i.e., the enemy] by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet (ﷺ)] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then He turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the believers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | صَدَقَكُمُṣadaqakumu | fulfilled to you | صدق |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 4 | وَعْدَهُۥٓwaʿdahu | His promise | وعد |
| 5 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 6 | تَحُسُّونَهُمtaḥussūnahum | you were killing them | حسس |
| 7 | بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖbi-idh'nihi | by His permission | أذن |
| 8 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 9 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 10 | فَشِلْتُمْfashil'tum | you lost courage | فشل |
| 11 | وَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْwatanāzaʿtum | and you fell into dispute | نزع |
| 12 | فِىfī | concerning | — |
| 13 | ٱلْأَمْرِl-amri | the order | أمر |
| 14 | وَعَصَيْتُمwaʿaṣaytum | and you disobeyed | عصي |
| 15 | مِّنۢmin | from | — |
| 16 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 17 | مَآmā | [what] | — |
| 18 | أَرَىٰكُمarākum | He (had) shown you | رأي |
| 19 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 20 | تُحِبُّونَ ۚtuḥibbūna | you love | حبب |
| 21 | مِنكُمminkum | Among you | — |
| 22 | مَّنman | (are some) who | — |
| 23 | يُرِيدُyurīdu | desire | رود |
| 24 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | the world | دنو |
| 25 | وَمِنكُمwaminkum | and among you | — |
| 26 | مَّنman | (are some) who | — |
| 27 | يُرِيدُyurīdu | desire | رود |
| 28 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚl-ākhirata | the Hereafter | أخر |
| 29 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 30 | صَرَفَكُمْṣarafakum | He diverted you | صرف |
| 31 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | from them | — |
| 32 | لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ ۖliyabtaliyakum | so that He may test you | بلو |
| 33 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And surely | — |
| 34 | عَفَاʿafā | He forgave | عفو |
| 35 | عَنكُمْ ۗʿankum | you | — |
| 36 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 37 | ذُوdhū | (is the) Possessor | — |
| 38 | فَضْلٍfaḍlin | (of) Bounty | فضل |
| 39 | عَلَىʿalā | for | — |
| 40 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |