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سورة الحُجرَات

Surah Al-Hujurât 49:5

The Chambers · Verse 5 of 18

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا حَتَّىٰ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

If they only had patience to wait until you could come out to them it would be better for them, yet Allâh is Great Protector (against faults), Ever Merciful.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If only they had patience until thou couldst come out to them, it would be best for them: but Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Ahmed Ali

If they had waited for you to come out it would have been better for them. But God is forgiving and kind.

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Ali Unal

If (instead of shouting to you to come out to them) they had been patient until you came out to them, it would certainly have been better for them (in respect of the manners due to you from them). However, God is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate (especially toward His believing servants, and may forgive ill-manners arising from ignorance).

Daryabadi

And had they had patience till thou camest forth Unto them, it had surely been best for them; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Faridul Haque

And had they been patient until you yourself came out to them, it would be better for them; and Allah is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if they had patience till thou come out to them, it would be better for them. And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And if they had waited patiently until thou camest out to them, it would be better for them. But ALLAH is Most Forgiving, Merciful.

Muhammad Asad

for, if they had the patience [to wait] until thou come forth to them [of thine own accord], it would be for their own good. Still, God is much forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

And if they had had patience till thou camest forth unto them, it had been better for them. And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Muhammad Sarwar

Had they exercised patience until you had come out, it would have been better for them. God is All-forgiving and All-merciful.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And if they wait patiently until you come out to them, it would certainly be better for them, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Rashad Khalifa

Had they been patient until you came out to them, it would have been better for them. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

Shabbir Ahmed

If they only had patience until you came out to them, it would certainly be better for them. God is Forgiving, Merciful (and so shall you be).