English translation of the verse 143 surah - You did indeed wish for death (Ash-Shahadah - martyrdom) before you met

Surat al-‘Imran Verse No. 143: Reading and listening

Translation of the verse 143 from Surah al-‘Imran : Number of verses 200 - - page 68 - Part 4.

﴾وَلَقَدۡ كُنتُمۡ تَمَنَّوۡنَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن تَلۡقَوۡهُ فَقَدۡ رَأَيۡتُمُوهُ وَأَنتُمۡ تَنظُرُونَ ﴿
[ آل عمران: 143]

You did indeed wish for death (Ash-Shahadah - martyrdom) before you met it. Now you have seen it openly with your own eyes.

English - Sahih International

And you had certainly wished for martyrdom before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(3:143) You previously longed for death (in the way of Allah): now you have faced it, observing it with your own eyes. *102

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

*102). This is with reference to those Companions who had urged the Prophet to go out of Madina and take on the enemy there because of their ardent desire for martyrdom. (See Ibn Sa'd, Tabaqat, vol. 2, p. 38 - Ed.)
 

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Source : al-‘Imran Verse 143: And you had certainly wished for martyrdom before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.