Had it been a near gain (booty in front of them) and an easy journey, they would have followed you, but the distance (Tabuk expedition) was long for them, and they would swear by Allah, "If we only could, we would certainly have come forth with you." They destroy their ownselves, and Allah knows that they are liars.
اگر كالايى- غنيمتى- نزديك و دسترس و سفرى كوتاه و آسان بود هر آينه [منافقان‌] تو را پيروى مى‌كردند اما آن راه بر آنان دراز و دشوار آمد. و زودا كه به خدا سوگند خورند كه اگر مى‌توانستيم- توشه راه و ساز و برگ داشتيم- با شما بيرون مى‌شديم. خويشتن را تباه و هلاك مى‌كنند، و خداى مى‌داند كه آنها دروغگويند.