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

Quran 3:143

3:143

وَلَقَدْ كُنتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ ٱلْمَوْتَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

walaqad kuntum tamannawna l-mawta min qabli an talqawhu faqad ra-aytumūhu wa-antum tanẓurūna

And you had certainly wished for death [i.e., martyrdom] before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.

— Saheeh International

Before you encountered death, you were hoping for it. Well, now you have seen it with your own eyes.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

You did indeed wish for death (Ash-Shahâdah - martyrdom) before you met it. Now you have seen it openly with your own eyes.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
تَمَنَّوْنَtamannawnawish
ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta(for) death
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنan[that]
تَلْقَوْهُtalqawhuyou met it
فَقَدْfaqadthen indeed
رَأَيْتُمُوهُra-aytumūhuyou have seen it
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you (were)
تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūnalooking on