The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
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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
Ye did indeed wish for death before ye met him: Now ye have seen him with your own eyes, (And ye flinch!)
— Abdullah Yusufali
Certainly you were longing for death before you had encountered it. Then certainly, you saw it, as you were looking on.
