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يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَكُوْنُوْا كَالَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا وَقَالُوْا لِاِخْوَانِهِمْ اِذَا ضَرَبُوْا فِى الْاَرْضِ اَوْ كَانُوْا غُزًّى لَّوْ كَانُوْا عِنْدَنَا مَا مَاتُوْا وَمَا قُتِلُوْاۚ لِيَجْعَلَ اللّٰهُ ذٰلِكَ حَسْرَةً فِيْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ ۗ وَاللّٰهُ يُحْيٖ وَيُمِيْتُ ۗ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ بَصِيْرٌ  ( آل عمران: ١٥٦ )

yāayyuhā
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
O you
alladhīna
ٱلَّذِينَ
who
āmanū
ءَامَنُوا۟
believe[d]!
لَا
(Do) not
takūnū
تَكُونُوا۟
be
ka-alladhīna
كَٱلَّذِينَ
like those who
kafarū
كَفَرُوا۟
disbelieved
waqālū
وَقَالُوا۟
and they said
li-ikh'wānihim
لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ
about their brothers
idhā
إِذَا
when
ḍarabū
ضَرَبُوا۟
they traveled
فِى
in
l-arḍi
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the earth
aw
أَوْ
or
kānū
كَانُوا۟
they were
ghuzzan
غُزًّى
fighting
law
لَّوْ
"if
kānū
كَانُوا۟
they had been
ʿindanā
عِندَنَا
with us
مَا
not
mātū
مَاتُوا۟
they (would have) died
wamā
وَمَا
and not
qutilū
قُتِلُوا۟
they (would have) been killed"
liyajʿala
لِيَجْعَلَ
So makes
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
dhālika
ذَٰلِكَ
that
ḥasratan
حَسْرَةً
a regret
فِى
in
qulūbihim
قُلُوبِهِمْۗ
their hearts
wal-lahu
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
yuḥ'yī
يُحْىِۦ
gives life
wayumītu
وَيُمِيتُۗ
and causes death
wal-lahu
وَٱللَّهُ
and Allah
bimā
بِمَا
of what
taʿmalūna
تَعْمَلُونَ
you do
baṣīrun
بَصِيرٌ
(is) All-Seer

Yaaa ayyuhul lazeena aamanoo laa takoonoo kallazeena kafaroo wa qaaloo li ikhwaanihim izaa daraboo fil ardi aw kaanoo ghuzzal law kaanoo 'indanaa maa maatoo wa maa qutiloo liyaj'alal laahu zaalika hasratan fee quloobihim; qallaahu yuhyee wa yumeet; wallaahu bimaa ta'maloona Baseer (ʾĀl ʿImrān 3:156)

Sahih International:

O you who have believed, do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brothers when they traveled through the land or went out to fight, "If they had been with us, they would not have died or have been killed," so Allah makes that [misconception] a regret within their hearts. And it is Allah who gives life and causes death, and Allah is Seeing of what you do. (Ali 'Imran [3] : 156)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

O you who believe, do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brethren while they travelled on the earth or had to fight, “Had they been with us, they would have not died, nor would they have been killed.” The result is that Allah makes it a remorse resting in their hearts. Allah gives life and brings death; Allah is watchful of what you do.