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

Quran 3:152

3:152

وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥٓ إِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُم بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَرَىٰكُم مَّا تُحِبُّونَ ۚ مِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ ۖ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا عَنكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

walaqad ṣadaqakumu l-lahu waʿdahu idh taḥussūnahum bi-idh'nihi ḥattā idhā fashil'tum watanāzaʿtum fī l-amri waʿaṣaytum min baʿdi mā arākum mā tuḥibbūna minkum man yurīdu l-dun'yā waminkum man yurīdu l-ākhirata thumma ṣarafakum ʿanhum liyabtaliyakum walaqad ʿafā ʿankum wal-lahu dhū faḍlin ʿalā l-mu'minīna

And Allāh had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them [i.e., the enemy] by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet (ﷺ)] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then He turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the believers.

— Saheeh International

God fulfilled His promise to you: you were routing them, with His permission, but then you faltered, disputed the order, and disobeyed, once He had brought you within sight of your goal- some of you desire the gains of this world and others desire the world to come- and then He prevented you from [defeating] them as a punishment. He has now forgiven you: God is most gracious to the believers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And Allâh did indeed fulfil His Promise to you when you were killing them (your enemy) with His Permission; until (the moment) you lost your courage and fell to disputing about the order, and disobeyed after He showed you (of the booty) which you love. Among you are some that desire this world and some that desire the Hereafter. Then He made you flee from them (your enemy), that He might test you. But surely, He forgave you, and Allâh is Most Gracious to the believers.

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

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وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
صَدَقَكُمُṣadaqakumufulfilled to you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
وَعْدَهُۥٓwaʿdahuHis promise
إِذْidhwhen
تَحُسُّونَهُمtaḥussūnahumyou were killing them
بِإِذْنِهِۦۖbi-idh'nihiby His permission
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
فَشِلْتُمْfashil'tumyou lost courage
وَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْwatanāzaʿtumand you fell into dispute
فِىfīconcerning
ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe order
وَعَصَيْتُمwaʿaṣaytumand you disobeyed
مِّنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَآmā[what]
أَرَىٰكُمarākumHe (had) shown you
مَّاmāwhat
تُحِبُّونَۚtuḥibbūnayou love
مِنكُمminkumAmong you
مَّنman(are some) who
يُرِيدُyurīdudesire
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
وَمِنكُمwaminkumand among you
مَّنman(are some) who
يُرِيدُyurīdudesire
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَۚl-ākhiratathe Hereafter
ثُمَّthummaThen
صَرَفَكُمْṣarafakumHe diverted you
عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْۖliyabtaliyakumso that He may test you
وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd surely
عَفَاʿafāHe forgave
عَنكُمْۗʿankumyou
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
ذُوdhū(is the) Possessor
فَضْلٍfaḍlin(of) Bounty
عَلَىʿalāfor
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers