The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
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فَرِحَ
الْمُخَلَّفُونَ
بِمَقْعَدِهِمْ
خِلَافَ
رَسُولِ
اللَّهِ
وَكَرِهُوا
أَن
يُجَاهِدُوا
بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ
وَأَنفُسِهِمْ
فِي
سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ
وَقَالُوا
لَا
تَنفِرُوا
فِي
الْحَرِّ
قُلْ
نَارُ
جَهَنَّمَ
أَشَدُّ
حَرًّا
لَّوْ
كَانُوا
يَفْقَهُونَ
fariḥa l-mukhallafūna bi-maqʿadihim khilāfa rasūli llāhi wa-karihū ʾan yujāhidū bi-ʾamwālihim wa-ʾanfusihim fī sabīli llāhi wa-qālū lā tanfirū fī l-ḥarri qul nāru jahannama ʾashaddu ḥarran law kānū yafqahūna
Those who were left behind (in the Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in their inaction behind the back of the Messenger of Allah: they hated to strive and fight, with their goods and their persons, in the cause of Allah: they said, "Go not forth in the heat." Say, "The fire of Hell is fiercer in heat." If only they could understand!
— Abdullah Yusufali
Those who were left behind boasted for sitting back against [the command of] the Apostle of Allah, and were reluctant to wage jihad with their possessions and persons in the way of Allah, and they said, ‘Do not go forth in this heat.’ Say, The fire of hell is severer in heat, should they understand.
