49:5
Al-Hujurat 5
Surah Al-Hujurat (الحجرات), verse 5 — reference 49:5. Arabic text with optional translation and free audio on Al-Qalam.
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
walaw annahum ṣabarū ḥattā takhruja ilayhim lakāna khayran lahum wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun
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.