Surah Aal-i-Imraan · Ayah 143·Madanī

143

وَلَقَدْ مِن أَن فَقَدْ وَأَنتُمْ ﴿١٤٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And you had certainly wished for martyrdom before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 7 roots in 7 of 12 words

Recitation · 16 points across 7 rule families

  • Qalqalah3
  • Ikhfāʾ5
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

12 words · 51 letters · āyah 143 of 200

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 50:19 · Qaafclose

    وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

    And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.

  • Quran 33:10 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    إِذْ جَآءُوكُم مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتِ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ وَبَلَغَتِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ ٱلْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلظُّنُونَا۠

    [Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats and you assumed about Allah [various]…

  • Quran 41:23 · Fussilatclose

    وَذَٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَىٰكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    And that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among the losers."

  • Quran 51:14 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

    [And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

  • Quran 56:84 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنظُرُونَ

    And you are at that time looking on -

  • Quran 40:30 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُم مِّثْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ

    And he who believed said, "O my people, indeed I fear for you [a fate] like the day of the companies -

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Waaqia 56:582 shared roots

    أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ

    م-ن-ير-أ-ي

  • Al-Hajj 22:523 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ وَلَا نَبِىٍّ إِلَّآ إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰٓ أَلْقَى ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فِىٓ أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ فَيَنسَخُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يُلْقِى ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

    م-ن-يل-ق-يق-ب-ل

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:372 shared roots

    أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

    م-ن-يك-و-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1152 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ

    ل-ق-يك-و-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:943 shared roots

    قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    م-ن-يم-و-تك-و-ن

  • Al-Jumu'a 62:63 shared roots

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوٓا۟ إِن زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ لِلَّهِ مِن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    م-ن-يم-و-تك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 3:143?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 3:143 include Quran 50:19 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 33:10 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 41:23 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 51:14 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat). For example, 50:19 reads: “And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 3:143 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 3:143 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan, The Family of Imraan) reads: “And you had certainly wished for martyrdom before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.”

Which surah is verse 3:143 in?

Quran 3:143 is āyah 143 of Surah Aal-i-Imraan (The Family of Imraan), chapter 3 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 200 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 3:143?

Tartīl presents Quran 3:143 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.