Quran 3:157 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 157
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Whether you are killed for God’s cause or die, God’s forgiveness and mercy are better than anything people amass.
وَلَئِنْ قُتِلْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ مُتُّمْ لَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
wala-in qutil'tum fī sabīli l-lahi aw muttum lamaghfiratun mina l-lahi waraḥmatun khayrun mimmā yajmaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If you are slain or die in God's way, forgiveness and mercy from God are a better thing than that you amass;
- Muhammad Asad
- And if indeed you are slain or die in God's cause, then surely forgiveness from God and His grace are better than all that one could amass [in this world]:
- Sahih International
- And if you are killed in the cause of Allāh or die - then forgiveness from Allāh and mercy are better than whatever they accumulate [in this world].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَئِنwala-in | And if | — |
| 2 | قُتِلْتُمْqutil'tum | you are killed | قتل |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 6 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 7 | مُتُّمْmuttum | die[d] | موت |
| 8 | لَمَغْفِرَةٌۭlamaghfiratun | certainly forgiveness | غفر |
| 9 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 11 | وَرَحْمَةٌwaraḥmatun | and Mercy | رحم |
| 12 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (are) better | خير |
| 13 | مِّمَّاmimmā | than what | — |
| 14 | يَجْمَعُونَyajmaʿūna | they accumulate | جمع |