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

Quran 3:165

3:165

أَوَلَمَّآ أَصَـٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُم مِّثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَـٰذَا ۖ قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

awalammā aṣābatkum muṣībatun qad aṣabtum mith'layhā qul'tum annā hādhā qul huwa min ʿindi anfusikum inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

Why [is it that] when a [single] disaster struck you [on the day of Uḥud], although you had struck [the enemy in the battle of Badr] with one twice as great, you said, "From where is this?" Say, "It is from yourselves [i.e., due to your sin]." Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

— Saheeh International

Why do you [believers] say, when a calamity befalls you, even after you have inflicted twice as much damage [on your enemy], ‘How did this happen?’? [Prophet], say, ‘You brought it upon yourselves.’ God has power over everything:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(What is the matter with you?) When a single disaster smites you, although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as great, you say: "From where does this come to us?" Say (to them), "It is from yourselves (because of your evil deeds)." And Allâh has power over all things.

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

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أَوَلَمَّآawalammāOr when
أَصَـٰبَتْكُمaṣābatkumstruck you
مُّصِيبَةٌۭmuṣībatundisaster
قَدْqadsurely
أَصَبْتُمaṣabtumyou (had) struck (them)
مِّثْلَيْهَاmith'layhātwice of it
قُلْتُمْqul'tumyou said
أَنَّىٰannāFrom where
هَـٰذَاۖhādhā(is) this
قُلْqulSay
هُوَhuwaIt
مِنْmin(is)
عِندِʿindifrom
أَنفُسِكُمْۗanfusikumyourselves
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌۭqadīrunAll-Powerful