Quran 3:181 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 181
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God has certainly heard the words of those who sneer, ‘So God is poor, while we are rich’. We shall record everything they say––as well as their killing of prophets in defiance of all that is right- and We shall say to them, ‘Taste the torment of the scorching fire.
لَقَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَغْنِيَاءُ ۘ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُوا وَقَتْلَهُمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَنَقُولُ ذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ
laqad samiʿa l-lahu qawla alladhīna qālū inna l-laha faqīrun wanaḥnu aghniyāu sanaktubu mā qālū waqatlahumu l-anbiyāa bighayri ḥaqqin wanaqūlu dhūqū ʿadhāba l-ḥarīqi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God has heard the saying of those who said, 'Surely God is poor, and we are rich.' We shall write down what they have said, and their slaying the Prophets without right, and We shall say, 'Taste the chastisement of the burning --
- Muhammad Asad
- God has indeed heard the saying of those who said, "Behold, God is poor while we are rich!" We shall record what they have said, as well as their slaying of prophets against all right, and We shall say [unto them on Judgment Day]: "Taste suffering through fire
- Sahih International
- Allāh has certainly heard the statement of those [Jews] who said, "Indeed, Allāh is poor, while we are rich." We will record what they said and their killing of the prophets without right and will say, "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّقَدْlaqad | Certainly | — |
| 2 | سَمِعَsamiʿa | heard | سمع |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 4 | قَوْلَqawla | (the) saying | قول |
| 5 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 6 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | said | قول |
| 7 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 8 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 9 | فَقِيرٌۭfaqīrun | (is) poor | فقر |
| 10 | وَنَحْنُwanaḥnu | while we | — |
| 11 | أَغْنِيَآءُ ۘaghniyāu | (are) rich | غني |
| 12 | سَنَكْتُبُsanaktubu | We will record | كتب |
| 13 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 14 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 15 | وَقَتْلَهُمُwaqatlahumu | and their killing | قتل |
| 16 | ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَl-anbiyāa | the Prophets | نبأ |
| 17 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 18 | حَقٍّۢḥaqqin | (any) right | حقق |
| 19 | وَنَقُولُwanaqūlu | and We will say | قول |
| 20 | ذُوقُوا۟dhūqū | Taste | ذوق |
| 21 | عَذَابَʿadhāba | (the) punishment | عذب |
| 22 | ٱلْحَرِيقِl-ḥarīqi | (of) the Burning Fire | حرق |