And recall what time ye were on the hither side and they were on the yonder side and the caravan below you. And if ye had mutually appointed ye would surely have failed the appointment. But the action wao brought about in order that Allah may decree an affair already enacted, so that he who was to perish, should perish after an evidence and he who was to remain alive may remain alive after an evidence. And verily Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
شما در كرانه نزديك‌تر بيابان بوديد و آنها در كرانه دورتر بودند و آن قافله در مكانى فروتر از شما بود. اگر شما با يكديگر زمان جنگ را تعيين مى‌كرديد باز هم از آن تخلف مى‌ورزيديد تا كارى كه خدا مقرر كرده است واقع شود، تا هر كه هلاك مى‌شود به دليلى هلاك شود و هر كه زنده مى‌ماند به دليلى زنده ماند. هرآينه خدا شنوا و داناست.