When ye were on the near bank (of the valley) and they were on the yonder bank, and the caravan was below you (on the coast plain). And had ye trysted to meet one another ye surely would have failed to keep the tryst, but (it happened, as it did, without the forethought of either of you) that Allah might conclude a thing that must be done; that he who perished (on that day) might perish by a clear proof (of His Sovereignty) and he who survived might survive by a clear proof (of His Sovereignty). Lo! Allah in truth is Hearer, Knower.
آنگاه كه شما بر دامنه نزديكتر [كوه‌] بوديد و آنان در دامنه دورتر [كوه ]، و سواران [دشمن‌] پايين‌تر از شما [موضع گرفته‌] بودند، و اگر با يكديگر وعده گذارده بوديد، قطعاً در وعده‌گاه خود اختلاف مى‌كرديد، ولى [چنين شد] تا خداوند كارى را كه انجام‌شدنى بود به انجام رساند [و] تا كسى كه [بايد] هلاك شود، با دليلى روشن هلاك گردد، و كسى كه [بايد] زنده شود، با دليلى واضح زنده بماند، و خداست كه در حقيقت شنواى داناست.