Surah Ali 'Imran 3:143 — translation and meaning
آل عمران · Verse 143 / 200 · Page 68
وَلَقَدْ كُنتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ الْمَوْتَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ
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Transliteration
Wa laqad kuntum tamannnawnal mawta min qabli an talqawhu faqad ra aitumoohu wa antum tanzuroon
Translation
And you had certainly wished for martyrdom before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
O believers, you wished to meet the disbelievers so that you could gain martyrdom for the sake of Allah, like your brothers did on the day of Badr, before you saw the severity and ways of death. Now on the day of Uḥud you have seen what you wished for with your own eyes.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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