they will not fight you in a body except in fortified cities or from behind the walls. their enmity among themselves is great. you think they are united but divided are their hearts. that is because these people are devoid of sense like those who had tasted the gravity of their actions a little before them. there is a grievous punishment for them.
لا يقاتلونكم جميعا إلا في قرى محصنة أو من وراء جدر بأسهم بينهم شديد تحسبهم جميعا وقلوبهم شتى ذلك بأنهم قوم لا يعقلون كمثل الذين من قبلهم قريبا ذاقوا وبال أمرهم ولهم عذاب أليم