If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy, they would (all) without doubt have followed thee, but the distance was long, (and weighed) on them.
Dã yã kasance wata siffar dũniya ce: makusanciya, da tafiya matsakaiciya, dã sun bĩ ka, kuma amma fagen yã yi musu nĩsa.