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Quran 9:117 — At-Tawba, verse 117

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

In His mercy God has turned to the Prophet, and the emigrants and helpers who followed him in the hour of adversity when some hearts almost wavered: He has turned to them; He is most kind and merciful to them.

لَقَدْ تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعُسْرَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا كَادَ يَزِيغُ قُلُوبُ فَرِيقٍ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ بِهِمْ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ

laqad tāba l-lahu ʿalā l-nabiyi wal-muhājirīna wal-anṣāri alladhīna ittabaʿūhu fī sāʿati l-ʿus'rati min baʿdi mā kāda yazīghu qulūbu farīqin min'hum thumma tāba ʿalayhim innahu bihim raūfun raḥīmun

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Word-by-word analysis of At-Tawba verse 117
#WordMeaningRoot
1لَّقَدlaqadVerily—
2تَّابَtābaAllah turned (in mercy)توب
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah turned (in mercy)أله
4عَلَىʿalāto—
5ٱلنَّبِىِّl-nabiyithe Prophetنبأ
6وَٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَwal-muhājirīnaand the emigrantsهجر
7وَٱلْأَنصَارِwal-anṣāriand the helpersنصر
8ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna[those] who—
9ٱتَّبَعُوهُittabaʿūhufollowed himتبع
10فِىfīin—
11سَاعَةِsāʿati(the) hourسوع
12ٱلْعُسْرَةِl-ʿus'rati(of) difficultyعسر
13مِنۢminafter—
14بَعْدِbaʿdiafterبعد
15مَاmā[what]—
16كَادَkādahad nearlyكود
17يَزِيغُyazīghudeviatedزيغ
18قُلُوبُqulūbu(the) heartsقلب
19فَرِيقٍۢfarīqin(of) a partyفرق
20مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them—
21ثُمَّthummathen—
22تَابَtābaHe turned (in mercy)توب
23عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhimto them—
24إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He—
25بِهِمْbihimto them—
26رَءُوفٌۭraūfun(is) Most Kindرأف
27رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Mercifulرحم