Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:140

3:140

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

in yamsaskum qarḥun faqad massa l-qawma qarḥun mith'luhu watil'ka l-ayāmu nudāwiluhā bayna l-nāsi waliyaʿlama l-lahu alladhīna āmanū wayattakhidha minkum shuhadāa wal-lahu lā yuḥibbu l-ẓālimīna

If a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allāh may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allāh does not like the wrongdoers -

— Saheeh International

if you have suffered a blow, they too have suffered one like it. We deal out such days among people in turn, for God to find out who truly believes, for Him to choose martyrs from among you- God does not love evildoers-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If a wound (and killing) has touched you, be sure a similar wound (and killing) has touched the others. And so are the days (good and not so good), We give to men by turns, that Allâh may test those who believe, and that He may take martyrs from among you. And Allâh likes not the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).

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

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Word by Word

إِنinIf
يَمْسَسْكُمْyamsaskumtouched you
قَرْحٌۭqarḥuna wound
فَقَدْfaqadso certainly
مَسَّmassa(has) touched
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
قَرْحٌۭqarḥunwound
مِّثْلُهُۥۚmith'luhulike it
وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd this
ٱلْأَيَّامُl-ayāmu[the] days
نُدَاوِلُهَاnudāwiluhāWe alternate them
بَيْنَbaynaamong
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlama[and] so that makes evident
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
وَيَتَّخِذَwayattakhidhaand take
مِنكُمْminkumfrom you
شُهَدَآءَۗshuhadāamartyrs
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
لَاlā(does) not
يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers