and indeed god made good his promise unto you when by his leave you were about to destroy your foes until the moment when you lost heart and acted contrary to the command and disobeyed after he had brought you within view of that for which you were longing. there were among you such as cared for this world just as there were among you such as cared for the life to come whereupon in order that he might put you to a test he prevented you from defeating your foes. but now he has effaced your sin for god is limitless in his bounty unto the believers.
ولقد صدقكم الله وعده إذ تحسونهم بإذنه حتى إذا فشلتم وتنازعتم في الأمر وعصيتم من بعد ما أراكم ما تحبون منكم من يريد الدنيا ومنكم من يريد الآخرة ثم صرفكم عنهم ليبتليكم ولقد عفا عنكم والله ذو فضل على المؤمنين