Surah 3:195
"And their Lord responded to them: ‘Surely I do not let a deed of anyone of you go to waste – whether male or female – you are all alike. Those who have emigrated, and were expelled from their homes, and suffered harm in My way, and have fought and been killed – I shall indeed absolve them of their evil deeds, and I shall indeed cause them to enter Gardens through which rivers flow. A reward from God! God – with Him is the best reward.’"
– Those who have emigrated . . . and have fought and been killed
This is third of three passages in the sūra that specify rewards for martyrs, and this verse makes explicit the circumstances of their death: they die while fighting. Here the Quran promises such fighters absolution of their evil deeds and entry into “Gardens” – the quranic concept of heaven or paradise. Similar verses in this sūra are 157–58 and 169–72. See an analysis of these verses at 47.4.
- from The Quran with Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam