The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
Page #206
9:118
وَعَلَى
الثَّلَاثَةِ
الَّذِينَ
خُلِّفُوا
حَتَّى
إِذَا
ضَاقَتْ
عَلَيْهِمُ
الْأَرْضُ
بِمَا
رَحُبَتْ
وَضَاقَتْ
عَلَيْهِمْ
أَنفُسُهُمْ
وَظَنُّوا
أَن
لَّا
مَلْجَأَ
مِنَ
اللَّهِ
إِلَّا
إِلَيْهِ
ثُمَّ
تَابَ
عَلَيْهِمْ
لِيَتُوبُوا
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
هُوَ
التَّوَّابُ
الرَّحِيمُ
wa-ʿalā th-thalāthati lladhīna khullifū ḥattā ʾidhā ḍāqat ʿalayhimu l-ʾarḍu bi-mā raḥubat wa-ḍāqat ʿalayhim ʾanfusuhum wa-ẓannū ʾan lā maljaʾa mina llāhi ʾillā ʾilayhi thumma tāba ʿalayhim li-yatūbū ʾinna llāha huwa t-tawwābu r-raḥīmu
—and to the three who were left behind. When the earth became narrow for them with [all] its expanse, and their own souls weighed heavily on them, and they knew that there was no refuge from Allah except in Him, then He turned clemently toward them so that they might be penitent. Indeed Allah is the All-clement, the All-merciful.
— Ali Quli Qarai
(He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind; (they felt guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them, for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened to them,- and they perceived that there is no fleeing from Allah (and no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, that they might repent: for Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
