The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
Page #69
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وَلَقَدْ
صَدَقَكُمُ
اللَّهُ
وَعْدَهُ
إِذْ
تَحُسُّونَهُم
بِإِذْنِهِ
حَتَّى
إِذَا
فَشِلْتُمْ
وَتَنَازَعْتُمْ
فِي
الْأَمْرِ
وَعَصَيْتُم
مِّن
بَعْدِ
مَا
أَرَاكُم
مَّا
تُحِبُّونَ
مِنكُم
مَّن
يُرِيدُ
الدُّنْيَا
وَمِنكُم
مَّن
يُرِيدُ
الْآخِرَةَ
ثُمَّ
صَرَفَكُمْ
عَنْهُمْ
لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ
وَلَقَدْ
عَفَا
عَنكُمْ
وَاللَّهُ
ذُو
فَضْلٍ
عَلَى
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
wa-la-qad ṣadaqakumu llāhu waʿdahū ʾidh taḥussūnahum bi-ʾidhnihī ḥattā ʾidhā fashiltum wa-tanāzaʿtum fī l-ʾamri wa-ʿaṣaytum min baʿdi mā ʾarākum mā tuḥibbūna minkum man yurīdu d-dunyā wa-minkum man yurīdu l-ʾākhirata thumma ṣarafakum ʿanhum li-yabtaliyakum wa-la-qad ʿafā ʿankum wa-llāhu dhū faḍlin ʿalā l-muʾminīna
Allah did indeed fulfil His promise to you when ye with His permission Were about to annihilate your enemy,-until ye flinched and fell to disputing about the order, and disobeyed it after He brought you in sight (of the booty) which ye covet. Among you are some that hanker after this world and some that desire the Hereafter. Then did He divert you from your foes in order to test you but He forgave you: For Allah is full of grace to those who believe.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Allah certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were slaying them with His leave, until you lost courage, disputed about the matter, and disobeyed after He showed you what you loved. Some among you desire this world, and some among you desire the Hereafter. Then He turned you away from them so that He might test you. Certainly He has excused you, for Allah is gracious to the faithful.
