then he sent down upon you after grief security a slumber overcoming a party of you and a party themselves had grieved thinking of god thoughts that were not true such as the pagans thought saying have we any part whatever in the affair? say the affair belongs to god entirely. they were concealing in their hearts that they show not to thee saying ah if we had had a part in the affair never would we have been slain here. say even if you had been in your houses those for whom slaying was appointed would have sallied forth unto their last couches and that god might try what was in your breasts and that he might prove what was in your hearts and god knows the thoughts in the breasts.
ثم أنزل عليكم من بعد الغم أمنة نعاسا يغشى طائفة منكم وطائفة قد أهمتهم أنفسهم يظنون بالله غير الحق ظن الجاهلية يقولون هل لنا من الأمر من شيء قل إن الأمر كله لله يخفون في أنفسهم ما لا يبدون لك يقولون لو كان لنا من الأمر شيء ما قتلنا هاهنا قل لو كنتم في بيوتكم لبرز الذين كتب عليهم القتل إلى مضاجعهم وليبتلي الله ما في صدوركم وليمحص ما في قلوبكم والله عليم بذات الصدور