then after sorrow he sent down unto you a security slumber coming over a section of you while anot her section concerned about themselves bethought of allah unjustly the thought of paganism. they said have we aught at all of the affair? say thou the affair is wholly allahs. they hide within themselves that which they disclose not unto thee saying had we aught of the affair we would not have been slain here. say thou had ye stayed in your houses even then those decreed to be slain would surely have gone forth to their places of slaughter and this happened in order that he might prove that which was in your breasts and purge that which was in your hearts and allah is knower of that which is 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