(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.
A lõkacin da kuke a gãɓa ta kusa sũ kuma sunã a gãɓa tanẽsa, kuma ãyarin yana a wuri mafi gangarãwa daga gare ku, kuma dã kun yi wa jũna wa'adi, dã kun sãɓa ga wa'adin; kuma amma dõmin Allah Ya hukunta abin da yake ya kasance abin aikatãwa. Dõmin wanda yake halaka ya halaka daga shaida, kuma mai rãyuwa ya rãyu daga shaida, kuma lalle Allah ne, haƙĩƙa, Mai ji Masani.