Quran 3:168 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 168
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
As for those who stayed behind, and said of their brothers, ‘If only they had listened to us, they would not have been killed,’ tell them [Prophet], ‘Ward off death from yourselves, if what you say is true.’
الَّذِينَ قَالُوا لِإِخْوَانِهِمْ وَقَعَدُوا لَوْ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُوا ۗ قُلْ فَادْرَءُوا عَنْ أَنْفُسِكُمُ الْمَوْتَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
alladhīna qālū li-ikh'wānihim waqaʿadū law aṭāʿūnā mā qutilū qul fa-id'raū ʿan anfusikumu l-mawta in kuntum ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- who said of their brothers (and they themselves held back), 'Had they obeyed us, they would not have been slain.' Say: 'Then avert death from yourselves, if you speak truly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- they who, having themselves held back [from fighting, later] said of their [slain] brethren, "Had they but paid heed to us, they would not have been slain." Say: "Avert, then, death from yourselves, if what you say is true!"
- Sahih International
- Those who said about their brothers while sitting [at home], "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent death from yourselves, if you should be truthful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | قَالُوا۟qālū | said | قول |
| 3 | لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْli-ikh'wānihim | about their brothers | أخو |
| 4 | وَقَعَدُوا۟waqaʿadū | while they sat | قعد |
| 5 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 6 | أَطَاعُونَاaṭāʿūnā | they (had) obeyed us | طوع |
| 7 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 8 | قُتِلُوا۟ ۗqutilū | they would have been killed | قتل |
| 9 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 10 | فَٱدْرَءُوا۟fa-id'raū | Then avert | درأ |
| 11 | عَنْʿan | from | — |
| 12 | أَنفُسِكُمُanfusikumu | yourselves | نفس |
| 13 | ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta | [the] death | موت |
| 14 | إِنin | if | — |
| 15 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 16 | صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna | truthful | صدق |