Have you not seen those who were told to hold back their hands (from fighting) and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and give Zakat, but when the fighting was ordained for them, behold! a section of them fear men as they fear Allah or even more. They say: "Our Lord! Why have you ordained for us fighting? Would that you had granted us respite for a short period?" Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world. The Hereafter is (far) better for him who fears Allah, and you shall not be dealt with unjustly even equal to the Fatila (a scalish thread in the long slit of a date-stone).
Je, huwaoni wale walio ambiwa: Izuieni mikono yenu, na mshike Sala na mtoe Zaka. Na walipo amrishwa kupigana, mara kundi moja kati yao liliwaogopa watu kama kumwogopa Mwenyezi Mungu, au kwa khofu kubwa zaidi. Na wakasema: Mola Mlezi wetu! Kwa nini umetuamrisha kupigana? Laiti unge tuakhirishia kiasi ya muda kidogo hivi! Sema: Starehe ya dunia ni ndogo, na Akhera ni bora zaidi kwa mwenye kuchamngu. Wala hamtadhulumiwa hata uzi wa kokwa ya tende.