The Holy Quran 3:140 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

إِن يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنكُمْ شُهَدَآءَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Translation

If you have been injured (in battle), then (bear in mind that) definitely the enemy have also been injured in the same way. These are the days that We cause to alternate between people (when each party has days of victory and days of defeat), so that Allaah may (make people) know those who have (true) Imaan (and are not hypocrites) and so that He may make martyrs among you. (When Muslims are killed in battle, they are given the great opportunity of receiving the honour of martyrdom.) Allaah does not like the oppressors (especially those who abandon the Muslims at the time of battle).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The Muslims were badly dispirited by the heavy loss they had had to suffer in the battle. Moreover, hearing the taunts of the hypocrites and enemies, they were hurt still more, for the hypocrites would say: “Had Muhammad ﷺ been a true prophet, why would these losses have befallen? Or why would even a temporary defeat, for a short while, have occurred?

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