but had we prescribed for them saying slay yourselves or leave your habitations they would not have done it save a few of them yet if they had done as they were admonished it would have been better for them and stronger confirming them and then we surely would have given them from us a mighty wage and guided them on a straight path.
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