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Quran 9:117At-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
10فِىin
11سَاعَةِsāʿati(the) hourسوع
12ٱلْعُسْرَةِl-ʿus'rati(of) difficultyعسر
13مِنۢminafter
14بَعْدِbaʿdiafterبعد
15مَا[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