Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 118
وَعَلَى ٱلثَّلَـٰثَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا۟ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَن لَّا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّآ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And [He also forgave] the three who were left alone [i.e., boycotted, regretting their error] to the point that the earth closed in on them in spite of its vastness and their souls confined [i.e., anguished] them and they were certain that there is no refuge from Allāh except in Him. Then He turned to them so they could repent. Indeed, Allāh is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.
Word by word
- وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd on
- ٱلثَّلَـٰثَةِl-thalāthatithe three
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- خُلِّفُوا۟khullifūwere left behind
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- ضَاقَتْḍāqat(was) straitened
- عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor them
- ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
- بِمَاbimāthough
- رَحُبَتْraḥubatit was vast
- وَضَاقَتْwaḍāqatAnd (was) straitened
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them
- أَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumtheir own souls
- وَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannūand they were certain
- أَنanthat
- لَّاlā(there is) no
- مَلْجَأَmalja-arefuge
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- تَابَtābaHe turned (in mercy)
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
- لِيَتُوبُوٓا۟ ۚliyatūbūthat they may repent
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- هُوَhuwaHe
- ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābu(is) the Acceptor of repentance
- ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful
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