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16:110

ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا فُتِنُواْ ثُمَّ جَٰهَدُواْ وَصَبَرُوٓاْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهَا لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ

Thumma inna rabbaka lillatheena hajaroo min baAAdi ma futinoo thumma jahadoo wasabaroo inna rabbaka min baAAdiha laghafoorun raheemun

Then, indeed your Lord, to those who emigrated after they had been compelled [to renounce their religion] and thereafter fought [for the cause of Allah] and were patient - indeed, your Lord, after that, is Forgiving and Merciful

Word by word
  1. ثُمَّThen
  2. إِنَّindeed
  3. رَبَّكَyour Lord
  4. لِلَّذِينَto those who
  5. هَاجَرُواْemigrated
  6. مِنۢafter
  7. بَعۡدِafter
  8. مَاwhat
  9. فُتِنُواْthey had been put to trials
  10. ثُمَّthen
  11. جَٰهَدُواْstrove hard
  12. وَصَبَرُوٓاْand were patient
  13. إِنَّIndeed
  14. رَبَّكَyour Lord
  15. مِنۢafter it
  16. بَعۡدِهَاafter it
  17. لَغَفُورٞsurely is Oft-Forgiving
  18. رَّحِيمٞMost Merciful
An-Nahl · 16:110Makkah

They gave in under trial, then emigrated and endured. He forgives.

A way back for those who once broke

The road back
gave inweak, under trial
then
emigratedleft home and wealth
strove, enduredwith patience
and
forgivenForgiving, Merciful
After a fall
it's over for meI already failed
your Lord forgivesafter what came after

Ibn Kathir says this refers to people oppressed in Makkah, whose position was weak, who went along with their people when tried. Then they escaped, leaving homeland, families and wealth, joined the believers and bore hardship with patience. Allah tells them He will forgive and show mercy.

You gave in once, badly. Maybe you left prayer for years, or did something you can't say out loud. This verse is for people who fell and then got up and kept going. What you do after counts.

Once I've failed that badly, there's no way back.

Allah forgives those who fall, then turn, strive and stay patient.

Try this

Take one concrete step back toward Allah today from a place where you once fell.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Then, verily, your Lord for those who emigrated after they were put to trials and then performed Jihad, and were patient, - after this, your Lord is indeed Forgiving, Most Merciful (110)(Remember) the Day when every person will come pleading for himself, and every one will be paid in full for what he did, and they will not be dealt with unjustly (111)

The One who is forced to renounce Islam will be forgiven if He does Righteous Deeds afterwards

This refers to another group of people who were oppressed in Makkah and whose position with their own people was weak, so they went along with them when they were tried by them. Then they managed to escape by emigrating, leaving their homeland, families and wealth behind, seeking the pleasure and forgiveness of Allah. They joined the believers and fought with them against the disbelievers, bearing hardship with patience. Allah tells them that after this, meaning after their giving in when put to the test, He will forgive them and show mercy to them when they are resurrected.

يَوْمَ تَأْتِي كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَادِلُ

((Remember) the Day when every person will come pleading) meaning making a case in his own defence.

عَن نَّفْسِهَا

(for himself.) means, no one else will plead on his behalf; not his father, not his son, nor his brother, nor his wife.

وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ

(and every one will be paid in full for what he did,) meaning whatever he did, good or evil.

وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

(and they will not be dealt with unjustly.) meaning there will be no decrease in the reward for good, and no increase in the punishment for evil. They will not be dealt with unjustly in the slightest way.