Surah Al-Hujurat (الحجرات) • The Rooms

Quran 49:5

49:5

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

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.

— Saheeh International

It would have been better for them if they had waited patiently for you to come out to them but God is all forgiving and merciful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if they had patience till you could come out to them, it would have been better for them. And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

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