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الذين قالوا لاخوانهم وقعدوا لو اطاعونا ما قتلوا قل فادرءوا عن انفسكم الموت ان كنتم صادقين ١٦٨
ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ وَقَعَدُوا۟ لَوْ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ فَٱدْرَءُوا۟ عَنْ أَنفُسِكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ١٦٨
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Those who sat at home, saying about their brothers, “Had they listened to us, they would not have been killed.” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Try not to die1 if what you say is true!”
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ما قتلوا
Readers
Abū Jaʿfar
Madinah
Ibn ʿĀmir
Damascus
Nāfiʿ
Madinah
Ḥamzah
Kufah
Ibn Kathīr
Makkah
Khalaf
Kufah
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Basrah
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Kufah
Yaʿqūb
Basrah
ʿĀṣim
Kufah
Readings
ما قُتِلُوا
mā qutilū
ما قُتِّلُوا
mā quttilū
“they would not have been killed”

Explanation

These readings convey the same meaning with verb forms I and II, respectively; the latter is more specific in denoting a large number of slain.

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran