(And remember) when you (the Muslim army) were on the near side of the valley, and they on the farther side, and the caravan on the ground lower than you. Even if you had made a mutual appointment to meet, you would certainly have failed in the appointment, but (you met) that Allah might accomplish a matter already ordained (in His Knowledge); so that those who were to be destroyed (for their rejecting the Faith) might be destroyed after a clear evidence, and those who were to live (i.e. believers) might live after a clear evidence. And surely, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower.
یاد کنید زمانی که شما در کناره نزدیک [به مدینه‌] و آنان در کناره دورتر بودند، و سواران [کاروان تجاری قریش‌] در فرودست شما [در کناره دریا] بودند، و اگر شما با همدیگر وعده [جنگ‌] گذارده بودید [چه‌بسا] در آن وعده خلاف می‌کردید، ولی خداوند [چنین مقرر داشت‌] تا کاری انجام یافتنی را به سرانجام برساند، تا سرانجام هرکس که نابود [و گمراه‌] می‌گردد، دیده و دانسته باشد و هرکس زنده [و راهیاب‌] می‌گردد دیده و دانسته باشد، و [بدانید که‌] خداوند شنوای داناست‌