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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولقد كنتم -أيها المؤمنون- قبل غزوة «أُحد» تتمنون لقاء العدو; لتنالوا شرف الجهاد والاستشهاد في سبيل الله الذي حَظِي به إخوانكم في غزوة «بدر» ، فها هو ذا قد حصل لكم الذي تمنيتموه وطلبتموه، فدونكم فقاتلوا وصابروا.

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