(He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind; (they felt guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them, for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened to them,- and they perceived that there is no fleeing from Allah (and no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, that they might repent: for Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
و نيز بر آن سه تن [عنايت كرد] كه [از جهاد] واپس نهاده شدند [و مردم از آنها بريدند] تا بدانجا كه زمين با همه فراخى بر آنها تنگ شد و از خود به تنگ آمدند و دانستند كه از خدا، جز به سوى او پناهى نيست. آنگاه خدا به آنها بازگشت تا توبه كنند. بى‌ترديد خدا