and when god promised you one of the two parties should be yours and you were wishing that the one not accoutred should be yours but god was desiring to verify the truth by his words and to cut off the unbelievers to the last remnant and that he might verify the truth and prove untrue the untrue though the sinners were averse to it.
وإذ يعدكم الله إحدى الطائفتين أنها لكم وتودون أن غير ذات الشوكة تكون لكم ويريد الله أن يحق الحق بكلماته ويقطع دابر الكافرين ليحق الحق ويبطل الباطل ولو كره المجرمون