Study Mode · Ayah 3:143

Surah Ali 'Imran · 3:143

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

Wa laqad kuntum tamannnawnal mawta min qabli an talqawhu faqad ra aitumoohu wa antum tanzuroon

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Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

Ye did indeed wish for death before ye met him: Now ye have seen him with your own eyes, (And ye flinch!)

Pickthall

And verily ye used to wish for death before ye met it (in the field). Now ye have seen it with your eyes!