Surah Al-Baqarah — Verse 154

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وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَن يُقْتَلُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمْوَٰتٌۢ ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَآءٌ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَشْعُرُونَ

Wala taqooloo liman yuqtalu feesabeeli Allahi amwatun bal ahyaon walakinla tashAAuroon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And do not say about those who are killed in the way of Allāh, "They are dead." Rather, they are alive, but you perceive [it] not.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Do not say that those who are killed in God’s cause are dead; they are alive, though you do not realize it.

Marmaduke Pickthall

And call not those who are slain in the way of Allah "dead." Nay, they are living, only ye perceive not.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And say not of those who are slain in the way of Allah: "They are dead." Nay, they are living, though ye perceive (it) not.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Do not say of those who are slain in the way of Allah that they are dead. Instead, they are alive, but you do not perceive.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And say not of those who are killed in the Way of Allâh, "They are dead." Nay, they are living, but you perceive (it) not.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

And do not say of those who are killed in the way of Allah that they are dead; they are alive even though you have no knowledge of their life.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And say not of those who are slain in God's cause, "They are dead": nay, they are alive, but you perceive it not.

Rowwad · source edition

And do not say that those martyred in Allah’s way are dead. Rather, they are alive, but you do not perceive it.