ٱلَّذِينَ
قَالُواْ
لِإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡ
وَقَعَدُواْ
لَوۡ
أَطَاعُونَا
مَا
قُتِلُواْۗ
قُلۡ
فَٱدۡرَءُواْ
عَنۡ
أَنفُسِكُمُ
ٱلۡمَوۡتَ
إِن
كُنتُمۡ
صَٰدِقِينَ
١٦٨
Those who said about their brothers while sitting [at home], "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent death from yourselves, if you should be truthful."
— Saheeh International
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!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Reason and Wisdom Behind the Defeat at Uhud
Allah said,
أَوَ لَمَّا أَصَـبَتْكُمْ مُّصِيبَةٌ
(When a single disaster smites you), in reference to when the Muslims suffered seventy fatalities during the battle of Uhud,
قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ مِّثْلَيْهَا
(although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as g
…The Reason and Wisdom Behind the Defeat at Uhud
Allah said,
أَوَ لَمَّا أَصَـبَتْكُمْ مُّصِيبَةٌ
(When a single disaster smites you), in reference to whe
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