Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran - Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 168

Translation of Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 168 (3:168)

ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ لِإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡ وَقَعَدُواْ لَوۡ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُواْۗ قُلۡ فَٱدۡرَءُواْ عَنۡ أَنفُسِكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ١٦٨

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 die¹ if what you say is true!”

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i.e., try not to die when your time comes.