الَّذِینَ قَالُواْ لإِخْوانِهِمْ وَقَعَدُواْ لَوْ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُواْ قُلْ فَادْرَءُواْ عَنْ أَنفُسِکُمُ الْمَوْتَ إِن کُنتُمْ صَـادِقِینَ(( 168 ))
168- THOSE WHO SAID ABOUT THEIR BROTHERS, WHILE THEY THEMSELVES HELD BACK: `HAD THEY OBEYED US, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SLAIN.' SAY: `THEN AVERT DEATH FROM YOURSELVES, IF YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH.'