Surah Ali 'Imran 3:112 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 112 / 200 · Page 64

ۚ ۚ ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُوا إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِّنَ النَّاسِ وَبَاءُوا بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَسْكَنَةُ ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الْأَنبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ ذَلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا وَّكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۚ
ضُرِبَتْ
duribat
Struck
عَلَيْهِمُ
alayhimu
on them
الذِّلَّةُ
al-dhilatu
the humiliation
أَيْنَ
ayna
wherever
مَا
ma
that
ثُقِفُوا
thuqifu
they are found
إِلَّا
illa
except
بِحَبْلٍ
bihablin
with a rope
مِّنَ
mina
from
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
وَحَبْلٍ
wahablin
and a rope
مِّنَ
mina
from
النَّاسِ
al-nasi
the people
وَبَاءُوا
wabau
And they incurred
بِغَضَبٍ
bighadabin
wrath
مِّنَ
mina
from
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
وَضُرِبَتْ
waduribat
and struck
عَلَيْهِمُ
alayhimu
on them
الْمَسْكَنَةُ
al-maskanatu
the poverty
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
That
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
(is) because
كَانُوا
kanu
they used to
يَكْفُرُونَ
yakfuruna
disbelieve
بِآيَاتِ
biayati
in (the) Verses
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
وَيَقْتُلُونَ
wayaqtuluna
and they killed
الْأَنبِيَاءَ
al-anbiyaa
the Prophets
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
حَقٍّ
haqqin
right
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
That
بِمَا
bima
(is) because
عَصَوا
asaw
they disobeyed
وَّكَانُوا
wakanu
and they used to
يَعْتَدُونَ
ya'taduna
transgress

Transliteration

Duribat 'alaihimuz zillatu aina maa suqifooo illaa bihablim minal laahi wa hablim minan naasi wa baaa'oo bighadabim minallaahi wa duribat 'alaihimul maskanah; zaalika bi-annahum kaanoo yakfuroona bi Aayaatil laahi wa yaqtuloonal Ambiyaaa'a bighairi haqq; zaalika bimaa 'asaw wa kaanoo ya'tadoon

Translation

They have been put under humiliation [by Allah] wherever they are overtaken, except for a covenant from Allah and a rope from the Muslims. And they have drawn upon themselves anger from Allah and have been put under destitution. That is because they disbelieved in the verses of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That is because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Humiliation and shame has been made to surround them wherever they are, and they are only safe with a contract or protection from Allah or from people. They have earned the anger of Allah, and need and poverty has been made to surround them. This is due to their rejection of the signs of Allah, killing the prophets unjustly, and because they rebelled and overstepped the limits of Allah.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"They have been put under humiliation [by Allah] wherever they ar…" — Ali 'Imran 3:112