( He turned in mercy also ) to the three who were left behind ; ( they felt guilty ) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them , for all its spaciousness , and their ( very ) souls seemed straitened to them , - and they perceived that there is no fleeing from Allah ( and no refuge ) but to Himself . Then He turned to them , that they might repent : for Allah is Oft-Returning , Most Merciful .