did you not see those to whom it was said restrain your hands keep the prayer established and pay the charity but when fighting was ordained for them some of them started fearing people the way they feared allah – or even greater! and they said our lord! why have you ordained fighting for us? if only you would have let us live some more! say the usage of this world is meagre and the hereafter is better for the pious and you will not be wronged even a single thread.
ألم تر إلى الذين قيل لهم كفوا أيديكم وأقيموا الصلاة وآتوا الزكاة فلما كتب عليهم القتال إذا فريق منهم يخشون الناس كخشية الله أو أشد خشية وقالوا ربنا لم كتبت علينا القتال لولا أخرتنا إلى أجل قريب قل متاع الدنيا قليل والآخرة خير لمن اتقى ولا تظلمون فتيلا