when a sura comes down enjoining them to believe in allah and to strive and fight along with his messenger those with wealth and influence among them ask thee for exemption and say leave us we would be with those who sit .
وإذا أنزلت سورة أن آمنوا بالله وجاهدوا مع رسوله استأذنك أولو الطول منهم وقالوا ذرنا نكن مع القاعدين