The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
Āl ‘Imrān (Imran's Folk)
آلِ عِمْرَان
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وَلَقَدْ
كُنتُمْ
تَمَنَّوْنَ
الْمَوْتَ
مِن
قَبْلِ
أَن
تَلْقَوْهُ
فَقَدْ
رَأَيْتُمُوهُ
وَأَنتُمْ
تَنظُرُونَ
wa-la-qad kuntum tamannawna l-mawta min qabli ʾan talqawhu fa-qad raʾaytumūhu wa-ʾantum tanẓurūna
You certainly wished to die (for the cause of God) before you actually faced death. Then you faced death (in the battlefield and only a few of you had the true desire to die).