Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
And say not of those who are slain in God's cause, "They are dead": nay, they are alive, but you perceive it not
Arthur John Arberry
And say not of those slain in God's way, 'They are dead'; rather they are living, but you are not aware
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And say not of those who are slain in the way of Allah: "They are dead." Nay, they are living, though ye perceive (it) not
Arabic
وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَن یُقۡتَلُ فِی سَبِیلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمۡوَ ٰتُۢۚ بَلۡ أَحۡیَاۤءࣱ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَشۡعُرُونَ ١٥٤
Transliteration (2021)
walā taqūlū liman yuq'talu fī sabīli l-lahi amwātun bal aḥyāon walākin lā tashʿurūn