So be patient, [O Muḥammad]; indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth. And whether We show you some of what We have promised them or We take you in death, it is to Us they will be returned.
نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَWe cause you to dienatawaffayannaka
فَإِلَيۡنَاthen to Usfa-ilaynā
يُرۡجَعُونَthey will be returnedyur'jaʿūna
Tafsir
O Messenger, be patient on the harming and denial of your people. The promise of Allah to help you is true without doubt. So I will either show you in your lifetime some of the punishment I promise them, as occurred in the Battle of Badr, or I will make you die before that. To Me alone they will return on the Day of Judgment, reward them for their actions accordingly, entering them into the fire they will remain in forever.