after the sorrows you suffered he sent you relief and some of you were encompassed by slumber. to some others of you your lives were so important that you like ignorant people began thinking suspiciously of god saying do we have any say in the matter? tell them all matters belong to god. they try to hide within their souls what they do not reveal to you. they say had we had the matter in our hands we would not have been killed there. tell them even if you had stayed in your own homes your sworn enemies could have attacked you and slain you while you were in your beds. god wanted to test you and purge what existed in your hearts.
ثم أنزل عليكم من بعد الغم أمنة نعاسا يغشى طائفة منكم وطائفة قد أهمتهم أنفسهم يظنون بالله غير الحق ظن الجاهلية يقولون هل لنا من الأمر من شيء قل إن الأمر كله لله يخفون في أنفسهم ما لا يبدون لك يقولون لو كان لنا من الأمر شيء ما قتلنا هاهنا قل لو كنتم في بيوتكم لبرز الذين كتب عليهم القتل إلى مضاجعهم وليبتلي الله ما في صدوركم وليمحص ما في قلوبكم والله عليم بذات الصدور