وَمَا
كَانَ
لِنَبِيٍّ
أَن
يَغُلَّۚ
وَمَن
يَغۡلُلۡ
يَأۡتِ
بِمَا
غَلَّ
يَوۡمَ
ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ
ثُمَّ
تُوَفَّىٰ
كُلُّ
نَفۡسٖ
مَّا
كَسَبَتۡ
وَهُمۡ
لَا
يُظۡلَمُونَ
١٦١

It is not appropriate for a prophet to illegally withhold spoils of war. And whoever does so, it will be held against them on the Day of Judgment. Then every soul will be paid in full for what it has done, and none will be wronged.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:162

أَفَمَنِ

ٱتَّبَعَ

رِضۡوَٰنَ

ٱللَّهِ

كَمَنۢ

بَآءَ

بِسَخَطٖ

مِّنَ

ٱللَّهِ

وَمَأۡوَىٰهُ

جَهَنَّمُۖ

وَبِئۡسَ

ٱلۡمَصِيرُ

١٦٢

Are those who seek Allah’s pleasure like those who deserve Allah’s wrath? Hell is their home. What an evil destination!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:163

هُمۡ

دَرَجَٰتٌ

عِندَ

ٱللَّهِۗ

وَٱللَّهُ

بَصِيرُۢ

بِمَا

يَعۡمَلُونَ

١٦٣

They ˹each˺ have varying degrees in the sight of Allah. And Allah is All-Seeing of what they do.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:164

لَقَدۡ

مَنَّ

ٱللَّهُ

عَلَى

ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

إِذۡ

بَعَثَ

فِيهِمۡ

رَسُولٗا

مِّنۡ

أَنفُسِهِمۡ

يَتۡلُواْ

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

ءَايَٰتِهِۦ

وَيُزَكِّيهِمۡ

وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ

ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ

وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ

وَإِن

كَانُواْ

مِن

قَبۡلُ

لَفِي

ضَلَٰلٖ

مُّبِينٍ

١٦٤

Indeed, Allah has done the believers a ˹great˺ favour by raising a messenger from among them—reciting to them His revelations, purifying them, and teaching them the Book and wisdom. For indeed they had previously been clearly astray.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:165

أَوَلَمَّآ

أَصَٰبَتۡكُم

مُّصِيبَةٞ

قَدۡ

أَصَبۡتُم

مِّثۡلَيۡهَا

قُلۡتُمۡ

أَنَّىٰ

هَٰذَاۖ

قُلۡ

هُوَ

مِنۡ

عِندِ

أَنفُسِكُمۡۗ

إِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

عَلَىٰ

كُلِّ

شَيۡءٖ

قَدِيرٞ

١٦٥

Why is it when you suffered casualties ˹at Uḥud˺—although you had made your enemy suffer twice as much ˹at Badr˺—you protested, “How could this be?”? Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “It is because of your disobedience.” Surely Allah is Most Capable of everything.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:166

وَمَآ

أَصَٰبَكُمۡ

يَوۡمَ

ٱلۡتَقَى

ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ

فَبِإِذۡنِ

ٱللَّهِ

وَلِيَعۡلَمَ

ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

١٦٦

So what you suffered on the day the two armies met was by Allah’s Will, so that He might distinguish the ˹true˺ believers

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:167

وَلِيَعۡلَمَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

نَافَقُواْۚ

وَقِيلَ

لَهُمۡ

تَعَالَوۡاْ

قَٰتِلُواْ

فِي

سَبِيلِ

ٱللَّهِ

أَوِ

ٱدۡفَعُواْۖ

قَالُواْ

لَوۡ

نَعۡلَمُ

قِتَالٗا

لَّٱتَّبَعۡنَٰكُمۡۗ

هُمۡ

لِلۡكُفۡرِ

يَوۡمَئِذٍ

أَقۡرَبُ

مِنۡهُمۡ

لِلۡإِيمَٰنِۚ

يَقُولُونَ

بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِم

مَّا

لَيۡسَ

فِي

قُلُوبِهِمۡۚ

وَٱللَّهُ

أَعۡلَمُ

بِمَا

يَكۡتُمُونَ

١٦٧

and expose the hypocrites. When it was said to them, “Come fight in the cause of Allah or ˹at least˺ defend yourselves,” they replied, “If we had known there was fighting, we would have definitely gone with you.” They were closer to disbelief than to belief on that day—for saying with their mouths what was not in their hearts. Allah is All-Knowing of what they hide.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:168

ٱلَّذِينَ

قَالُواْ

لِإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡ

وَقَعَدُواْ

لَوۡ

أَطَاعُونَا

مَا

قُتِلُواْۗ

قُلۡ

فَٱدۡرَءُواْ

عَنۡ

أَنفُسِكُمُ

ٱلۡمَوۡتَ

إِن

كُنتُمۡ

صَٰدِقِينَ

١٦٨

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

3:169