لَّقَدۡ
سَمِعَ
ٱللَّهُ
قَوۡلَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
قَالُوٓاْ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
فَقِيرٞ
وَنَحۡنُ
أَغۡنِيَآءُۘ
سَنَكۡتُبُ
مَا
قَالُواْ
وَقَتۡلَهُمُ
ٱلۡأَنۢبِيَآءَ
بِغَيۡرِ
حَقّٖ
وَنَقُولُ
ذُوقُواْ
عَذَابَ
ٱلۡحَرِيقِ
١٨١

Indeed, Allah has heard those ˹among the Jews˺ who said, “Allah is poor; we are rich!” We have certainly recorded their slurs and their killing of prophets unjustly. Then We will say, “Taste the torment of burning!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:182

ذَٰلِكَ

بِمَا

قَدَّمَتۡ

أَيۡدِيكُمۡ

وَأَنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

لَيۡسَ

بِظَلَّامٖ

لِّلۡعَبِيدِ

١٨٢

This is ˹the reward˺ for what your hands have done. And Allah is never unjust to ˹His˺ creation.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:183

ٱلَّذِينَ

قَالُوٓاْ

إِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

عَهِدَ

إِلَيۡنَآ

أَلَّا

نُؤۡمِنَ

لِرَسُولٍ

حَتَّىٰ

يَأۡتِيَنَا

بِقُرۡبَانٖ

تَأۡكُلُهُ

ٱلنَّارُۗ

قُلۡ

قَدۡ

جَآءَكُمۡ

رُسُلٞ

مِّن

قَبۡلِي

بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ

وَبِٱلَّذِي

قُلۡتُمۡ

فَلِمَ

قَتَلۡتُمُوهُمۡ

إِن

كُنتُمۡ

صَٰدِقِينَ

١٨٣

Those ˹are the same people˺ who say, “Allah has commanded us not to believe in any messenger unless he brings us an offering to be consumed by fire ˹from the sky˺.” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Other prophets did in fact come to you¹ before me with clear proofs and ˹even˺ what you demanded—why then did you kill them, if what you say is true?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:184

فَإِن

كَذَّبُوكَ

فَقَدۡ

كُذِّبَ

رُسُلٞ

مِّن

قَبۡلِكَ

جَآءُو

بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ

وَٱلزُّبُرِ

وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ

ٱلۡمُنِيرِ

١٨٤

If you are rejected by them, so too were messengers before you who came with clear proofs, divine Books, and enlightening Scriptures.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:185

كُلُّ

نَفۡسٖ

ذَآئِقَةُ

ٱلۡمَوۡتِۗ

وَإِنَّمَا

تُوَفَّوۡنَ

أُجُورَكُمۡ

يَوۡمَ

ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۖ

فَمَن

زُحۡزِحَ

عَنِ

ٱلنَّارِ

وَأُدۡخِلَ

ٱلۡجَنَّةَ

فَقَدۡ

فَازَۗ

وَمَا

ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ

ٱلدُّنۡيَآ

إِلَّا

مَتَٰعُ

ٱلۡغُرُورِ

١٨٥

Every soul will taste death. And you will only receive your full reward on the Day of Judgment. Whoever is spared from the Fire and is admitted into Paradise will ˹indeed˺ triumph, whereas the life of this world is no more than the delusion of enjoyment.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:186

۞ لَتُبۡلَوُنَّ

فِيٓ

أَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡ

وَأَنفُسِكُمۡ

وَلَتَسۡمَعُنَّ

مِنَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

أُوتُواْ

ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ

مِن

قَبۡلِكُمۡ

وَمِنَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

أَشۡرَكُوٓاْ

أَذٗى

كَثِيرٗاۚ

وَإِن

تَصۡبِرُواْ

وَتَتَّقُواْ

فَإِنَّ

ذَٰلِكَ

مِنۡ

عَزۡمِ

ٱلۡأُمُورِ

١٨٦

You ˹believers˺ will surely be tested in your wealth and yourselves,¹ and you will certainly hear many hurtful words from those who were given the Scripture before you and ˹from˺ the polytheists. But if you are patient and mindful ˹of Allah˺—surely this is a resolve to aspire to.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:187

وَإِذۡ

أَخَذَ

ٱللَّهُ

مِيثَٰقَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

أُوتُواْ

ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ

لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥ

لِلنَّاسِ

وَلَا

تَكۡتُمُونَهُۥ

فَنَبَذُوهُ

وَرَآءَ

ظُهُورِهِمۡ

وَٱشۡتَرَوۡاْ

بِهِۦ

ثَمَنٗا

قَلِيلٗاۖ

فَبِئۡسَ

مَا

يَشۡتَرُونَ

١٨٧

˹Remember, O Prophet,˺ when Allah took the covenant of those who were given the Scripture to make it known to people and not hide it, yet they cast it behind their backs and traded it for a fleeting gain. What a miserable profit!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:188

لَا

تَحۡسَبَنَّ

ٱلَّذِينَ

يَفۡرَحُونَ

بِمَآ

أَتَواْ

وَّيُحِبُّونَ

أَن

يُحۡمَدُواْ

بِمَا

لَمۡ

يَفۡعَلُواْ

فَلَا

تَحۡسَبَنَّهُم

بِمَفَازَةٖ

مِّنَ

ٱلۡعَذَابِۖ

وَلَهُمۡ

عَذَابٌ

أَلِيمٞ

١٨٨

Do not let those who rejoice in their misdeeds and love to take credit for what they have not done think they will escape torment. They will suffer a painful punishment.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

3:189