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Al-Hujurat (The Rooms)

Verse 5of 18

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And if they had been patient until you [could] come out to them, it would have been better for them. But Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
أَنَّهُمْannahumthey
صَبَرُوا۟ṣabarūhad been patient
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تَخْرُجَtakhrujayou came out
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
لَكَانَlakānacertainly it would be
خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
لَّهُمْ ۚlahumfor them
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Admonishing Those Who call the Prophet from behind DwellingsAllah the Exalted and Most Blessed admonished those, such as the uncivilized bedouins, who used to call to the Prophet from behind the dwellings which belong to his wives,أَكْثَرُهُمْ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ(most of them have no sense.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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