3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 168

Those who remained and said to their brothers: "If they obeyed us they would not have been killed. " Say: "Then avert death away from yourselves if you are truthful!"

Those who sat back at home said that if their brothers who were fighting in the Cause of Allah, had listened to them they would not have been slain. Say (O Messenger), "Avert death from yourselves if you are truthful."

Those who said of their brothers when they stayed back: “Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed.” Say thou: “Then avert from yourselves death, if you be truthful.”

Those who remained and said to their brothers: "If they obeyed us they would not have been killed." Say: "Then avert death away from yourselves if you are truthful!"

Those who remained and said to their brothers, "If they obeyed us they would not have been killed." Say, "Then avert death away from yourselves if you are truthful!"

They are those who said of their brothers, when they themselves had stayed behind, ‘If they had only obeyed us, they would not have been killed. ’ Say, ‘Then ward off death from yourselves if you are telling the truth.’

They said of their kinsmen, as they stayed behind, "Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent your own death, if you are truthful."

To those who sit at home and say of their brothers: "They would never have been killed had they listened to us, say: "Drive away death from your midst if what you say is true. "

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."

they who, having themselves held back [from fighting, later] said of their [slain] brethren, "Had they but paid heed to us, they would not have been slain. " Say: "Avert, then, death from yourselves, if what you say is true!"

Those who, while they sat at home, said of their brethren (who were fighting for the cause of Allah): If they had been guided by us they would not have been slain. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Then avert death from yourselves if ye are truthful.

It was those who stayed at home who had something to say in defense and extenuation of their conduct. They made unfavourable comments on their fellow Muslims who were slain in battle; They said; "Had they obeyed us and remained here, they would not have been slain." Say to them O Muhammad. "If this be the case, then avert death and prevent it from befalling you if indeed you are declaring the truth".

When they talk about their [martyr] kinsmen, they say: "If they had listened to us and stayed behind, they would not have been killed. " Tell them (Mohammad): “If you are so smart [and know how to prevent the death,] then avoid your own death.”

(They are) the ones who said about their killed brethren while they themselves sat (at home): "If only they had listened to us, they would not have been killed." Say: "Avert death from your ownselves, if you speak the truth."

(They are) the ones that say, (of their brethren slain), while they themselves sit (at ease): "If only they had listened to us they would not have been slain." Say: "Avert death from your own selves, if ye speak the truth."

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 die[1] if what you say is true!”

Those who said about their brethren, while themselves sitting, "Had they obeyed us, they would have not been killed." Say, “Then avert death from yourselves if you are true.”

As for those who stayed behind, and said of their brothers, ‘If only they had listened to us, they would not have been killed,’ tell them [Prophet], ‘Ward off death from yourselves, if what you say is true.’

who said of their brothers (and they themselves held back), 'Had they obeyed us, they would not have been slain. ' Say: 'Then avert death from yourselves, if you speak truly.'

Those who said of their brethren, whilst they themselves stayed at home, 'Had they obeyed us they would not have been killed. ' Say, 'Ward off from yourselves death, if ye do speak the truth.'

Those who said of their brethren, whilst they themselves stayed at home, "Had they been guided by us they would not have been killed. " Say (unto them), "Then repel from yourselves death, if you are truthful."

Who said to their brethren, (i. e. after they returned from fighting) and they (i.e. the hypocrites) (themselves) sat back, "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then parry yourselves away from death in case you are (truly) sincere."

who said of their brethren, while themselves staid at home, if they had obeyed us, they had not been slain. Say, then keep back death from yourselves, if ye say truth.

(They are) the ones who said, (about the killed men) while they themselves sat (at ease): "If only they had listened to us, they would not have been killed. " Say: "Hold back death from your own selves, if you speak the truth."

It is these who said of their brethren whilst they (themselves) stayed behind (declining the field), `If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed. ' Say, `Then avert death from yourselves if you are right.'

Those who said of their brethren, while they themselves sat back: ‘Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed. ’ Say, ‘Then keep death off from yourselves, should you be truthful.’