The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
al-Tawbah (Repentance)
ٱلتَّوْبَة
9:46
وَلَوْ
أَرَادُوا
الْخُرُوجَ
لَأَعَدُّوا
لَهُ
عُدَّةً
وَلَكِن
كَرِهَ
اللَّهُ
انبِعَاثَهُمْ
فَثَبَّطَهُمْ
وَقِيلَ
اقْعُدُوا
مَعَ
الْقَاعِدِينَ
wa-law ʾarādū l-khurūja la-ʾaʿaddū lahū ʿuddatan wa-lākin kariha llāhu nbiʿāthahum fa-thabbaṭahum wa-qīla qʿudū maʿa l-qāʿidīna
Had they (the hypocrites) wanted to join your army, they would have prepared themselves, but God did not wish to motivate them, so He caused them to linger behind with those whose joining you in battle would be of no use.