and when some of them said o you people of yathrib! you cannot withstand here hence go back ! — whereupon a party from among them asked leave of the prophet saying behold our houses are exposed ! — the while they were not exposed they wanted nothing but to flee.
وإذ قالت طائفة منهم يا أهل يثرب لا مقام لكم فارجعوا ويستأذن فريق منهم النبي يقولون إن بيوتنا عورة وما هي بعورة إن يريدون إلا فرارا