The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
Page #194
9:42
لَوْ
كَانَ
عَرَضًا
قَرِيبًا
وَسَفَرًا
قَاصِدًا
لَّاتَّبَعُوكَ
وَلَكِن
بَعُدَتْ
عَلَيْهِمُ
الشُّقَّةُ
وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ
بِاللَّهِ
لَوِ
اسْتَطَعْنَا
لَخَرَجْنَا
مَعَكُمْ
يُهْلِكُونَ
أَنفُسَهُمْ
وَاللَّهُ
يَعْلَمُ
إِنَّهُمْ
لَكَاذِبُونَ
law kāna ʿaraḍan qarīban wa-safaran qāṣidan la-ttabaʿūka wa-lākin baʿudat ʿalayhimu sh-shuqqatu wa-sa-yaḥlifūna bi-llāhi lawi staṭaʿnā la-kharajnā maʿakum yuhlikūna ʾanfusahum wa-llāhu yaʿlamu ʾinnahum la-kādhibūna
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. They would indeed swear by Allah, "If we only could, we should certainly have come out with you": They would destroy their own souls; for Allah doth know that they are certainly lying.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Were it an accessible gain or a short journey, they would have surely followed you; but the distance seemed too far to them. Yet they will swear by Allah: ‘If we could, we would have surely gone forth with you.’ They [merely] destroy themselves. Allah knows that they are indeed liars.
