Had We written for them, saying, 'Slay yourselves' or 'Emerge from your houses' they would not have done so, except a few of them. Yet, if they had done as they were exhorted, it would have been better for them, and stronger in firmness,
و اگر ما به آنها حکم می‌کردیم که خود (یعنی یکدیگر) را بکشید یا از دیار خود (برای جهاد) بیرون روید به جز اندکی اطاعت امر نمی‌کردند، و اگر به آنچه پندشان می‌دهند عمل می‌کردند البته نیکوتر و کاری محکم و با اساس‌تر برای آنها بود.