Qur'an 49:5 · Al-Hujuraat

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ

(5) 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.