Surah Al-Hujurat, Ayah 5 (49:5)

ٱلْحُجُرَات

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Quran 49:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-Hujurat (“The Rooms”), a Medinan surah of 18 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 516 of the Madani Mushaf.

49:5
وَلَوْأَنَّهُمْصَبَرُوا۟حَتَّىٰتَخْرُجَإِلَيْهِمْلَكَانَخَيْرًالَّهُمْ ۚوَٱللَّهُغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ٥
walaw annahum ṣabarū ḥattā takhruja ilayhim lakāna khayran lahum wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun

And if they had been patient until you [could] come out to them, it would have been better for them. But Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.(5)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. أَنَّهُمْannahumthey
  3. صَبَرُوا۟ṣabarūhad been patient
  4. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  5. تَخْرُجَtakhrujayou came out
  6. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
  7. لَكَانَlakānacertainly it would be
  8. خَيْرًاkhayranbetter
  9. لَّهُمْ ۚlahumfor them
  10. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  11. غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  12. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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