 to the three who were left behind to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them for all its spaciousness and their souls seemed straitened to them and they perceived that there is no fleeing from allah but to himself. then he turned to them that they might repent for allah is oftreturning most merciful.
وعلى الثلاثة الذين خلفوا حتى إذا ضاقت عليهم الأرض بما رحبت وضاقت عليهم أنفسهم وظنوا أن لا ملجأ من الله إلا إليه ثم تاب عليهم ليتوبوا إن الله هو التواب الرحيم