Surah Ali 'Imran 3:155 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 155 / 200 · Page 70

ۖ ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا وَلَقَدْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ

Word by Word

ۖ
ۗ
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
تَوَلَّوْا
tawallaw
turned back
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) day
الْتَقَى
al-taqa
met
الْجَمْعَانِ
al-jam'ani
the two hosts
إِنَّمَا
innama
only
اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ
is'tazallahumu
made them slip
الشَّيْطَانُ
al-shaytanu
the Shaitaan
بِبَعْضِ
biba'di
for some
مَا
ma
(of) what
كَسَبُوا
kasabu
they (had) earned
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And surely
عَفَا
afa
forgave
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
عَنْهُمْ
anhum
[on] them
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌ
ghafurun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
حَلِيمٌ
halimun
All-Forbearing

Transliteration

Innal lazeena tawallaw minkum yawmal taqal jam'aani innamas tazallahumush Shaitaanu biba'di maa kasaboo wa laqad 'afal laahu 'anhum; innnal laaha Ghafoorum Haleem

Translation

Indeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some [blame] they had earned. But Allah has already forgiven them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those of you who were defeated, O Companions of Muhammad (peace be upon him), on the day the army of the idolaters and the army of the Muslims met at Uḥud, it was Satan who made you slip, because of what you had earned from doing wrong. Allah has forgiven them, and will not take them to account for it, out of His favour and mercy. Allah forgives those who repent to Him, and is Forbearing, not quick to punish.

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

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