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Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 5

سورة الحجرات، الآية ٥

49:5 Juz 26 Hizb 52 Page 516 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 49:5

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ۝٥

Transliteration

walaw annahum ṣabarū ḥattā takhruja ilayhim lakāna khayran lahum wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun

Translation

And if they had been patient until you [could] come out to them, it would have been better for them. But Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

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Verse 5 of Surah Al-Hujurat (49:5), a Medinan surah, is in juz 26, on page 516 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 5

Al-Mukhtasar

O Messenger! If these people who call out to you from behind the dwellings of your wives were to have waited and not called out to you until you came out to them, then talked to you in lowered voices, it would have been better for them than calling out to you from behind the dwellings, because it would have been more dignified and respectful. And Allah Forgiving of the sins of those of them who repent, and others. He Forgiving of them due to their ignorance, and is merciful to them.

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Other translations of verse 5

If they had been patient until you came out to them, it would have been better for them. But Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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

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

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.

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

And if only they (waited) patiently, until you go out to them, that would be more charitable (i.e., better) for them; and Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.

Verse 5 word by word

  1. وَلَوْ walaw And if
  2. أَنَّهُمْ annahum they
  3. صَبَرُوا۟ ṣabarū had been patient ص ب ر
  4. حَتَّىٰ ḥattā until
  5. تَخْرُجَ takhruja you came out خ ر ج
  6. إِلَيْهِمْ ilayhim to them
  7. لَكَانَ lakāna certainly it would be ك و ن
  8. خَيْرًا khayran better خ ي ر
  9. لَّهُمْ lahum for them
  10. وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
  11. غَفُورٌ ghafūrun (is) Oft-Forgiving غ ف ر
  12. رَّحِيمٌ raḥīmun Most Merciful ر ح م

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 5386

A group from Banu Tamim came to the Prophet [SAW]. Abu Bakr said: "Appoint Al-Qa'qa' bin Ma'bad (as commander or governor)," and 'Umar said: "No, (appoint) Al-Aqra' bin Habis." They argued until they began to raise their voices, then the words were revealed: "O you who believe! Make not (a…

، قَدِمَ رَكْبٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَمِّرِ الْقَعْقَاعَ بْنَ مَعْبَدٍ‏.‏ وَقَالَ عُمَرُ رضى الله عنه بَلْ أَمِّرِ الأَقْرَعَ بْنَ حَابِسٍ‏.‏ فَتَمَارَيَا حَتَّى…

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Verses related to verse 5

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Hujurat 49:17

    يَمُنُّونَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ أَسْلَمُوا۟ قُل لَّا تَمُنُّوا۟ عَلَىَّ إِسْلَٰمَكُم بَلِ ٱللَّهُ يَمُنُّ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ هَدَىٰكُمْ لِلْإِيمَٰنِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    They consider it a favor to you that they have accepted Islām. Say, "Do not consider your Islām a favor to me. Rather, Allāh has conferred favor upon you that He has guided you to the faith, if you should be truthful."

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