The Holy Quran 3:156 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ إِذَا ضَرَبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ كَانُوا۟ غُزًّى لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ عِندَنَا مَا مَاتُوا۟ وَمَا قُتِلُوا۟ لِيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ حَسْرَةً فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

Translation

O you who have Imaan! Do not be like the Kuffaar (the Munaafiqeen) who say about their brothers when they travel in the land (and pass away) or are fighting soldiers (who lose their lives in Jihaad), "If they were with us, they would not have died nor been killed!" (Do not speak like them because the only result of their statement is) That Allaah shall make this (statement) a source of regret in their hearts (when they realise the error of the statement especially in the Aakhirah). Allaah gives life and death (this is a basic belief), and Allaah sees all that you do." (everyone receive what is due)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, by no means give place in your hearts to such futile thoughts as those of these disbelieving hypocrites, that had they stayed at home, death would not have come to them nor would they have been killed. Since the hypocrites outwardly posed as Muslims, they called the Muslims their brothers; or because by lineage they and the Ansar (Helpers)

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