Quran 3:161 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 161
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is inconceivable that a prophet would ever dishonestly take something from the battle gains. Anyone who does so will carry it with him on the Day of Resurrection, when each soul will be fully repaid for what it has done: no one will be wronged.
وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَغُلَّ ۚ وَمَنْ يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۚ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ
wamā kāna linabiyyin an yaghulla waman yaghlul yati bimā ghalla yawma l-qiyāmati thumma tuwaffā kullu nafsin mā kasabat wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is not for a Prophet to be fraudulent; whoso defrauds shall bring the fruits of his fraud on the Day of Resurrection; then every soul shall be paid in full what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND IT IS not conceivable that a prophet should deceive - since he who deceives shall be faced with his deceit on the Day of Resurrection, when every human being shall be repaid in full for whatever he has done, and none shall be wronged.
- Sahih International
- It is not [attributable] to any prophet that he would act unfaithfully [in regard to war booty]. And whoever betrays, [taking unlawfully], will come with what he took on the Day of Resurrection. Then will every soul be [fully] compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 3 | لِنَبِىٍّlinabiyyin | for a Prophet | نبأ |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | يَغُلَّ ۚyaghulla | he defrauds | غلل |
| 6 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 7 | يَغْلُلْyaghlul | defrauds | غلل |
| 8 | يَأْتِyati | will bring | أتي |
| 9 | بِمَاbimā | what | — |
| 10 | غَلَّghalla | he had defrauded | غلل |
| 11 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 12 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚl-qiyāmati | (of) Resurrection | قوم |
| 13 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 14 | تُوَفَّىٰtuwaffā | is repaid in full | وفي |
| 15 | كُلُّkullu | every | كلل |
| 16 | نَفْسٍۢnafsin | soul | نفس |
| 17 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 18 | كَسَبَتْkasabat | it earned | كسب |
| 19 | وَهُمْwahum | and they | — |
| 20 | لَاlā | (will) not | — |
| 21 | يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūna | be wronged | ظلم |