hast thou not turned thy vision to those who were told to hold back their hands but establish regular prayers and spend in regular charity? when the order for fighting was issued to them behold! a section of them feared men as or even more than they should have feared allah they said our lord! why hast thou ordered us to fight? wouldst thou not grant us respite to our term near ? say short is the enjoyment of this world the hereafter is the best for those who do right never will ye be dealt with unjustly in the very least!
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