Aal-i-Imraan 3:143
The Family of Imraan · ayah 143 of 200
وَلَقَدْ كُنتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ ٱلْمَوْتَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ
Walaqad kuntum tamannawna almawta min qablian talqawhu faqad raaytumoohu waantum tanthuroon
"And you had certainly wished for death [i.e., martyrdom] before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Before you encountered death, you were hoping for it. Well, now you have seen it with your own eyes."
Pickthall (classic)+
"And verily ye used to wish for death before ye met it (in the field). Now ye have seen it with your eyes!"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Ye did indeed wish for death before ye met him: Now ye have seen him with your own eyes, (And ye flinch!)"