Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:243

2:243

۞ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا۟ مِن دِيَـٰرِهِمْ وَهُمْ أُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مُوتُوا۟ ثُمَّ أَحْيَـٰهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

alam tara ilā alladhīna kharajū min diyārihim wahum ulūfun ḥadhara l-mawti faqāla lahumu l-lahu mūtū thumma aḥyāhum inna l-laha ladhū faḍlin ʿalā l-nāsi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yashkurūna

Have you not considered those who left their homes in many thousands, fearing death? Allāh said to them, "Die"; then He restored them to life. And Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the people, but most of the people do not show gratitude.

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], consider those people who abandoned their homeland in fear of death, even though there were thousands of them. God said to them, ‘Die!’ and then brought them back to life again; God shows real favour to people, but most of them are ungrateful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Did you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not think of those who went forth from their homes in thousands, fearing death? Allâh said to them, "Die". And then He restored them to life. Truly, Allâh is full of bounty to mankind, but most men thank not.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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۞ أَلَمْalamDid not
تَرَtarayou see
إِلَىilā[to]
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
خَرَجُوا۟kharajūwent out
مِنminfrom
دِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homes
وَهُمْwahumand they
أُلُوفٌulūfun(were in) thousands
حَذَرَḥadhara(in) fear
ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti(of) [the] death
فَقَالَfaqālaThen said
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مُوتُوا۟mūtūDie
ثُمَّthummathen
أَحْيَـٰهُمْۚaḥyāhumHe restored them to life
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَذُوladhū(is) surely Possessor
فَضْلٍfaḍlin(of) bounty
عَلَىʿalāfor
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] mankind
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna[and] but
أَكْثَرَaktharamost
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
لَاlā(are) not
يَشْكُرُونَyashkurūnagrateful