if we had commanded them to lay down their lives and to go forth from their homes only a few would have obeyed though had they followed what they had been commanded it would surely have been good for them and the strengthening of their faith.
ولو أنا كتبنا عليهم أن اقتلوا أنفسكم أو اخرجوا من دياركم ما فعلوه إلا قليل منهم ولو أنهم فعلوا ما يوعظون به لكان خيرا لهم وأشد تثبيتا