had we written for them saying slay yourselves or emerge from your houses they would not have done so except a few of them. yet if they had done as they were exhorted it would have been better for them and stronger in firmness and then we would surely have given them from our own a great wage and guided them to a straight path.
ولو أنا كتبنا عليهم أن اقتلوا أنفسكم أو اخرجوا من دياركم ما فعلوه إلا قليل منهم ولو أنهم فعلوا ما يوعظون به لكان خيرا لهم وأشد تثبيتا وإذا لآتيناهم من لدنا أجرا عظيما ولهديناهم صراطا مستقيما