and in order to expose them who turned hypocrites and it was said to them come fight in allahs cause or repel the enemy they answered if we knew how to fight we would certainly have been with you and on that day they were nearer to open disbelief than to professed faith they utter with their mouths what is not in their hearts and allah knows well what they hide. –
وليعلم الذين نافقوا وقيل لهم تعالوا قاتلوا في سبيل الله أو ادفعوا قالوا لو نعلم قتالا لاتبعناكم هم للكفر يومئذ أقرب منهم للإيمان يقولون بأفواههم ما ليس في قلوبهم والله أعلم بما يكتمون