Surah 3. Al-i'Imran, Ayah 143
| وَلَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ الْمَوْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- la- qad kuntum tamannawn al- mawt min qabli 'an talqaw -hu fa- qad ra'aytumo -hu wa- 'antum tanz.uron |
| Pickthall | : | And verily ye used to wish for death before ye met it (in the field). Now ye have seen it with your eyes! |
| Asad | : | For, indeed, you did long for death [in God's cause] before you came face to face with it; and now you have seen it with your own eyes!103 |
| Malik | : | You certainly used to wish for death before you confronted it; now you have seen with your own eyes what it is like. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Ye did indeed wish for death before ye met him: now ye have seen him with your own eyes (and ye flinch!). |
Note - 103In Zamakhshari's opinion, this is a twofold reproach
addressed to the majority of the Companions who took part
in the battle of Uhud: firstly, on account of their
insistence, against the Prophet's advice, on giving
battle to the enemy in the open field and thereby
unnecessarily courting a deadly danger; and, secondly, on
account of their failure to live up to their faith during
the earlier part of the battle (see note [90] above).
This passage may have yet another, more positive
implication: namely, a reference to the lesson which the
believers should draw from their near-defeat, and a
reminder of the fact that their future depends on the
strength of their faith in God (cf. verse {139} above)
and not on a fleeting desire for self-sacrifice.
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In Zamakhshari's opinion, this is a twofold reproach addressed to the majority of the Companions who took part in the battle of Uhud: firstly, on account of their insistence, against the Prophet's advice, on giving battle to the enemy in the open field and thereby unnecessarily courting a deadly danger; and, secondly, on account of their failure to live up to their faith during the earlier part of the battle (see note [90] above). This passage may have yet another, more positive implication: namely, a reference to the lesson which the believers should draw from their near-defeat, and a reminder of the fact that their future depends on the strength of their faith in God (cf. verse {139} above) and not on a fleeting desire for self-sacrifice. |
