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Ali 'Imran 3:156

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ إِذَا ضَرَبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ كَانُوا۟ غُزًّى لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ عِندَنَا مَا مَاتُوا۟ وَمَا قُتِلُوا۟ لِيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ حَسْرَةً فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

O you who have believed, do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brothers when they traveled through the land or went out to fight, "If they had been with us, they would not have died or have been killed," so Allāh makes that [misconception] a regret within their hearts. And it is Allāh who gives life and causes death, and Allāh is Seeing of what you do.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

ينهى تعالى عباده المؤمنين عن مشابهة الكفار في اعتقادهم الفاسد ، الدال عليه قولهم عن إخوانهم الذين ماتوا في الأسفار وفي الحروب : لو كانوا تركوا ذلك لما أصابهم ما أصابهم . فقال : ( يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تكونوا كالذين كفروا وقالوا لإخوانهم ) أي : عن إخوانهم ( إذا ضربوا في الأرض ) أي : سافروا للتجارة ونحوها ( أو كانوا غزى ) أي : في الغزو ( لو كانوا عندنا ) أي : في البلد ( ما ماتوا وما قتلوا ) أي : ما ماتوا في السفر ولا قتلوا في الغزو .وقوله : ( ليجعل الله ذلك حسرة في قلوبهم ) أي : خلق هذا الاعتقاد في نفوسهم ليزدادوا حسرة على موتهم وقتلهم ثم قال تعالى ردا عليهم : ( والله يحيي ويميت ) أي : بيده الخلق وإليه يرجع الأمر ، ولا يحيا أحد ولا يموت إلا بمشيئته وقدره ، ولا يزاد في عمر أحد ولا ينقص منه إلا بقضائه وقدره ( والله بما تعملون بصير ) أي : وعلمه وبصره نافذ في جميع خلقه ، لا يخفى عليه من أمورهم شيء .

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