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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 117of 129

لَّقَد تَّابَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ وَٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَ وَٱلْأَنصَارِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ فِى سَاعَةِ ٱلْعُسْرَةِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا كَادَ يَزِيغُ قُلُوبُ فَرِيقٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِهِمْ رَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ﴿١١٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Allah has already forgiven the Prophet and the Muhajireen and the Ansar who followed him in the hour of difficulty after the hearts of a party of them had almost inclined [to doubt], and then He forgave them. Indeed, He was to them Kind and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

لَّقَدlaqadVerily
تَّابَtābaAllah turned (in mercy)
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah turned (in mercy)
عَلَىʿalāto
ٱلنَّبِىِّl-nabiyithe Prophet
وَٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَwal-muhājirīnaand the emigrants
وَٱلْأَنصَارِwal-anṣāriand the helpers
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna[those] who
ٱتَّبَعُوهُittabaʿūhufollowed him
فِىin
سَاعَةِsāʿati(the) hour
ٱلْعُسْرَةِl-ʿus'rati(of) difficulty
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَا[what]
كَادَkādahad nearly
يَزِيغُyazīghudeviated
قُلُوبُqulūbu(the) hearts
فَرِيقٍۢfarīqin(of) a party
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
ثُمَّthummathen
تَابَtābaHe turned (in mercy)
عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhimto them
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
بِهِمْbihimto them
رَءُوفٌۭraūfun(is) Most Kind
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Battle of TabukMujahid and several others said, "This Ayah was revealed concerning the battle of Tabuk. They left for that battle during a period of distress. It was a year with little rain, intense heat and scarcity of supplies and water." Qatadah said, "They went to Ash-Sham during the year of the battle of Tabuk at a time when the heat was intense. Allah knew how hard things were, and they suffered great hardship. We were told that two men used to divide a date between themselves.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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