then after sorrow he sent down upon you safety. slumber overtook a party while another party cared only for themselves thinking of allah thoughts that were not true the guess of ignorance saying have we any say in the affair say the entire affair belongs to allah they conceal in themselves what they do not disclose to you. they say if we had any say in the affair we should not have been killed here say had you stayed in your homes those of you for whom slaying was written would have come out to their beds so that allah might try what was in your chests and that he will examine what is in your hearts and allah knows the innermost of the chests.
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