if we had ordered them to sacrifice their lives or to leave their homes very few of them would have done it but if they had done what they were told it would have been best for them and would have gone farthest to strengthen their and we should then have given them from our presence a great reward and we should have shown them the straight way.
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 وإذا لآتيناهم من لدنا أجرا عظيما ولهديناهم صراطا مستقيما