have you not seen the people who were told hold back your hands observe your devotional obligations and pay the zakat? but when they were commanded to fight behold a section among them were filled with fear of men as though it were the fear of god and even more and said o lord why did you make war compulsory for us? why did you not allow us to live a little more? say to them how shortlived is the commerce of this world but that of the next is best for those who fear god and you will not be wronged the breadth of a 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