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Ali 'Imran 3:143

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

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.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( ولقد كنتم تمنون الموت من قبل أن تلقوه فقد رأيتموه وأنتم تنظرون ) أي : قد كنتم - أيها المؤمنون - قبل هذا اليوم تتمنون لقاء العدو وتتحرقون عليهم ، وتودون مناجزتهم ومصابرتهم ، فها قد حصل لكم الذي تمنيتموه وطلبتموه ، فدونكم فقاتلوا وصابروا .وقد ثبت في الصحيحين أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : " لا تمنوا لقاء العدو ، وسلوا الله العافية ، فإذا لقيتموهم فاصبروا ، واعلموا أن الجنة تحت ظلال السيوف " .ولهذا قال : ( فقد رأيتموه ) يعني الموت شاهدتموه في لمعان السيوف وحد الأسنة واشتباك الرماح ، وصفوف الرجال للقتال .والمتكلمون يعبرون عن هذا بالتخييل ، وهو مشاهدة ما ليس بمحسوس كالمحسوس كما تتخيل الشاة صداقة الكبش وعداوة الذئب .

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