Surah Ali 'Imran 3:161 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 161 / 200 · Page 71

ۚ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَن يَغُلَّ وَمَن يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۚ
وَمَا
wama
And not
كَانَ
kana
is
لِنَبِيٍّ
linabiyyin
for a Prophet
أَن
an
that
يَغُلَّ
yaghulla
he defrauds
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَغْلُلْ
yaghlul
defrauds
يَأْتِ
yati
will bring
بِمَا
bima
what
غَلَّ
ghalla
he had defrauded
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
الْقِيَامَةِ
al-qiyamati
(of) Resurrection
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
تُوَفَّى
tuwaffa
is repaid in full
كُلُّ
kullu
every
نَفْسٍ
nafsin
soul
مَّا
ma
what
كَسَبَتْ
kasabat
it earned
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
لَا
la
(will) not
يُظْلَمُونَ
yuz'lamuna
be wronged

Transliteration

Wa maa kaana li Nabiyyin ai yaghull; wa mai yaghlul yaati bimaa ghalla Yawmal Qiyaamah; summa tuwaffaa kullu nafsim maa kasabat wa hum laa yuzlamoon

Translation

It is not [attributable] to any prophet that he would act unfaithfully [in regard to war booty]. And whoever betrays, [taking unlawfully], will come with what he took on the Day of Resurrection. Then will every soul be [fully] compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

No of the prophets of Allah would be dishonest and take anything from the gains of war which Allah had not assigned for him. Whoever dishonestly takes something from the gains of war will be repaid by being disgraced on the Day of Judgement: carrying whatever he took in front of creation. Then every soul will be given the total reward of what they earned. No one will be wronged by any addition to their disobedience or by any subtraction from their good actions.

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

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"It is not [attributable] to any prophet that he would act unfait…" — Ali 'Imran 3:161