Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:43

9:43

عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنكَ لِمَ أَذِنتَ لَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَتَعْلَمَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

ʿafā l-lahu ʿanka lima adhinta lahum ḥattā yatabayyana laka alladhīna ṣadaqū wataʿlama l-kādhibīna

Allāh has pardoned you, [O Muḥammad, but] why did you give them permission [to remain behind]? [You should not have] until it was evident to you who were truthful and you knew [who were] the liars.

— Saheeh International

God forgive you [Prophet]! Why did you give them permission to stay at home before it had become clear to you which of them spoke the truth and which were liars?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

May Allâh forgive you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم). Why did you grant them leave (for remaining behind; you should have persisted as regards your order to them to proceed on Jihâd ), until those who told the truth were seen by you in a clear light, and you had known the liars?

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

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Word by Word

عَفَاʿafā(May) Allah forgive
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(May) Allah forgive
عَنكَʿankayou
لِمَlimaWhy (did)
أَذِنتَadhintayou grant leave
لَهُمْlahumto them
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَتَبَيَّنَyatabayyana(became) evident
لَكَlakato you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
صَدَقُوا۟ṣadaqūwere truthful
وَتَعْلَمَwataʿlamaand you knew
ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars