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

Quran 3:168

3:168

ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ وَقَعَدُوا۟ لَوْ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ فَٱدْرَءُوا۟ عَنْ أَنفُسِكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

alladhīna qālū li-ikh'wānihim waqaʿadū law aṭāʿūnā mā qutilū qul fa-id'raū ʿan anfusikumu l-mawta in kuntum ṣādiqīna

Those who said about their brothers while sitting [at home], "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent death from yourselves, if you should be truthful."

— Saheeh International

As for those who stayed behind, and said of their brothers, ‘If only they had listened to us, they would not have been killed,’ tell them [Prophet], ‘Ward off death from yourselves, if what you say is true.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(They are) the ones who said about their killed brethren while they themselves sat (at home): "If only they had listened to us, they would not have been killed." Say: "Avert death from your ownselves, if you speak the truth."

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

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Word by Word

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
قَالُوا۟qālūsaid
لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْli-ikh'wānihimabout their brothers
وَقَعَدُوا۟waqaʿadūwhile they sat
لَوْlawIf
أَطَاعُونَاaṭāʿūnāthey (had) obeyed us
مَاmānot
قُتِلُوا۟ۗqutilūthey would have been killed
قُلْqulSay
فَٱدْرَءُوا۟fa-id'raūThen avert
عَنْʿanfrom
أَنفُسِكُمُanfusikumuyourselves
ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta[the] death
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful