وَإِذْ یَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالَّذِینَ فِی قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ مَا وَعَدَنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِلاَّ غُرُور(( 12 ))
12- AND WHEN THE HYPOCRITES, AND THOSE IN WHOSE HEARTS THERE WAS A SICKNESS SAID:- ``ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER DID NOT PROMISE US EXCEPT FALSE PRIDE.(BOAST)''
وَإِذْ قَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ یَا أَهْلَ یَثْرِبَ لاَ مُقَامَ لَکُمْ فَارْجِعُوا وَیَسْتَأْذِنُ فَرِیقٌ مِنْهُمُ النَّبِىَّ یَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بُیُوتَنَا عَوْرَةٌ وَمَا هِیَ بِعَوْرَة إِنْ یُرِیدُونَ إِلاَّ فِرَار(( 13 ))
13- AND (REMEMBER) WHEN A PARTY OF THEM SAID:- ``O, PEOPLE OF YASRIB! THERE IS NO ROOM FOR YOU, (IN THIS BATTLE-FIELD) THEN GET YOU BACK! AND A GROUP OF THEM WERE TAKEING LEAVE FROM THE PROPHET, SAYING:- ``OUR HOUSES ARE NOT SECURE'', AND IT WAS NOT INSECURE, AND THEY ONLY WANTED TO FLEE.
وَلَوْ دُخِلَتْ عَلَیْهِمْ مِنْ أَقْطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُوا الْفِتْنَةَ لاَتَوْهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُوا بِهَا إِلاَّ یَسِیر(( 14 ))
14- (AND SO WERE THEY THAT IF THE ENEMY) HAD ENTERED UPON THEM FROM ITS ZONES, AND THEN ASKED THEM TO RECANT, THEY WOULD HAVE DONE SO (RETURNING TO IDOLATRY), AND WOULD NOT WAIT TOO LONG TO DECIDE!
وَلَقَدْ کَانُوا عَاهَدُوا اللهَ مِنْ قَبْلُ لاَ یُوَلُّونَ الاَْدْ بَارَ وَکَانَ عَهْدُ اللهِ مَسْئُول(( 15 ))
15- AND VERILY THEY COVENANTED WITH ALLAH FROM BEFORE, NOT TO TURN THEIR BACK (TO ENEMY IN THE BATTLE-FIELDS); AND ALLAH'S COVENANT WILL BE QUESTIONED OF.
قُلْ لَنْ یَنْفَعَکُمُ الْفِرَارُ إِنْ فَرَرْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ أَوِ الْقَتْلِ وَإِذاً لاَ تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلاَّ قَلِیل(( 16 ))
16- SAY:- ``IF YOU ESCAPE FROM DEATH OR MURDER, IT WILL NEVER PROFIT YOU; AND IN THAT CASE, YOU WILL NOT ENJOY (THIS LIFE) EXCEPT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.''
قُلْ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِی یَعْصِمُکُمْ مِنَ اللهِ إِنْ أَرَادَ بِکُمْ سُوءاً أَوْ أَرَادَ بِکُمْ رَحْمَةً وَلاَ یَجِدُونَ لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ وَلِیّاً وَلاَ نَصِیر(( 17 ))
17- SAY:- ``WHO IS HE THAT CAN PROTECT YOU FROM ALLAH, IF HE INTENDED TO AFFLICT YOU WITH SOMETHING BAD, OR IF HE INTENDED TO HAVE MERCY ON YOU?'' THEY WILL NOT FIND FOR THEMSELVES, APART FROM ALLAH, ANY PROTECTOR, AND NOT A HELPER.
