Surah Ali 'Imran 3:157 — translation and meaning
آل عمران · Verse 157 / 200 · Page 70
وَلَئِن قُتِلْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ مُتُّمْ لَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
Word by Word
وَلَئِن
wala-in
And if
قُتِلْتُمْ
qutil'tum
you are killed
فِي
fi
in
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) way
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
أَوْ
aw
or
مُتُّمْ
muttum
die[d]
لَمَغْفِرَةٌ
lamaghfiratun
certainly forgiveness
مِّنَ
mina
from
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
وَرَحْمَةٌ
warahmatun
and Mercy
خَيْرٌ
khayrun
(are) better
مِّمَّا
mimma
than what
يَجْمَعُونَ
yajma'una
they accumulate
Transliteration
Wa la'in qutiltum fee sabeelil laahi aw muttum lamaghfiratum minal laahi wa rahmatun khairum mimmaa yajma'oon
Translation
And if you are killed in the cause of Allah or die - then forgiveness from Allah and mercy are better than whatever they accumulate [in this world].
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
If you are killed or die in Allah’s path, O believers, Allah will forgive you and be merciful with you, and that is better than this world along with what the people of this world collect of its passing pleasures.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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