Sura 9 At-Tawbah (The Repentance), ayah 118
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وَعَلَى الثَّلَاثَةِ الَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّوا أَنْ لَا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُوا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
Translation by words
- وَعَلَى
- And on
- ٱلثَّلَٰثَةِ
- the three
- ٱلَّذِينَ
- (of) those who
- خُلِّفُوا۟
- were left behind,
- حَتَّىٰٓ
- until
- إِذَا
- when
- ضَاقَتْ
- (was) straitened
- عَلَيْهِمُ
- for them
- ٱلْأَرْضُ
- the earth,
- بِمَا
- though
- رَحُبَتْ
- it was vast.
- وَضَاقَتْ
- And (was) straitened
- عَلَيْهِمْ
- for them
- أَنفُسُهُمْ
- their own souls
- وَظَنُّوٓا۟
- and they were certain
- أَن
- that
- لَّا
- (there is) no
- مَلْجَأَ
- refuge
- مِنَ
- from
- ٱللَّهِ
- Allah
- إِلَّآ
- except
- إِلَيْهِ
- to Him.
- ثُمَّ
- Then
- تَابَ
- He turned (in mercy)
- عَلَيْهِمْ
- to them
- لِيَتُوبُوٓا۟
- that they may repent.
- إِنَّ
- Indeed,
- ٱللَّهَ
- Allah,
- هُوَ
- He
- ٱلتَّوَّابُ
- (is) the Acceptor of repentance,
- ٱلرَّحِيمُ
- the Most Merciful.
And (He also forgave) the three who were left behind (and regretted their error) to the point that the earth closed in on them in spite of its vastness and their souls confined them and they were certain that there is no refuge from Allah except in Him. Then He turned to them so they could repent. Indeed, Allah is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.
9:118
Translation: Saheeh International