ﱁThenﱂHe sent downﱃupon youﱄfromﱅafterﱆthe distressﱇsecurity ﱈslumberﱉovercomingﱊa groupﱋﱌof youﱍwhile a groupﱎcertainlyﱏworried [them]ﱐ(about) themselvesﱑthinkingﱒabout Allahﱓother thanﱔthe truth ﱕ(the) thoughtﱖﱗ(of) [the] ignoranceﱘsayingﱙIs (there)ﱚfor usﱛfromﱜthe matterﱝanyﱞﱟthingﱠSayﱡIndeedﱢthe matterﱣall (of) itﱤﱥ(is) for AllahﱦThey hideﱧinﱨthemselvesﱩwhatﱪnotﱫthey revealﱬﱭto youﱮThey sayﱯIfﱰwasﱱfor usﱲfromﱳthe matterﱴanythingﱵnotﱶwe would have been killedﱷﱸhereﱹSayﱺIfﱻyou wereﱼinﱽyour housesﱾsurely (would have) come outﱿthose who ﲀwas decreedﲁupon themﲂ[the] deathﲃtowardsﲄﲅtheir places of deathﲆAnd that might testﲇAllahﲈwhatﲉ(is) inﲊyour breastsﲋand that He may purgeﲌwhatﲍ(is) inﲎﲏyour heartsﲐAnd Allahﲑ(is) All-Awareﲒof whatﲓ(is in) the breastsﲔ
Then after distress, He sent down serenity in the form of drowsiness overcoming some of you, while others were disturbed by evil thoughts about Allah—the thoughts of ˹pre-Islamic˺ ignorance. They ask, “Do we have a say in the matter?” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “All matters are destined by Allah.” They conceal in their hearts what they do not reveal to you. They say ˹to themselves˺, “If we had any say in the matter, none of us would have come to die here.” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Even if you were to remain in your homes, those among you who were destined to be killed would have met the same fate.” Through this, Allah tests what is within you and purifies what is in your hearts. And Allah knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart.
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ﲕIndeedﲖthose whoﲗturned backﲘamong youﲙ(on the) dayﲚmetﲛthe two hosts ﲜonlyﲝmade them slipﲞthe Shaitaanﲟfor someﲠ(of) whatﲡﲢthey (had) earnedﲣAnd surelyﲤforgaveﲥAllahﲦﲧ[on] themﲨindeedﲩAllahﲪ(is) Oft-ForgivingﲫAll-Forbearingﲬ
Indeed, those ˹believers˺ who fled on the day when the two armies met were made to slip by Satan because of their misdeeds. But Allah has pardoned them. Surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.
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ﲭO youﲮwhoﲯbelieve[d]ﲰ(Do) notﲱbeﲲlike those whoﲳdisbelievedﲴand they saidﲵabout their brothersﲶwhenﲷthey traveledﲸinﲹthe earthﲺorﲻthey wereﲼfightingﲽIfﲾthey had beenﲿwith usﳀnotﳁthey (would have) diedﳂand notﳃthey (would have) been killedﳄSo makesﳅAllahﳆthatﳇa regretﳈinﳉﳊtheir heartsﳋAnd Allahﳌgives lifeﳍﳎand causes deathﳏand Allahﳐof whatﳑyou doﳒ(is) All-Seerﳓ
O believers! Do not be like the unfaithful who say about their brothers who travel throughout the land or engage in battle, “If they had stayed with us, they would not have died or been killed.” Allah makes such thinking a cause of agony in their hearts. It is Allah who gives life and causes death. And Allah is All-Seeing of what you do.
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ﳔAnd ifﳕyou are killedﳖinﳗ(the) wayﳘ(of) Allahﳙorﳚdie[d] ﳛcertainly forgivenessﳜfromﳝAllahﳞand Mercyﳟ(are) betterﳠthan whatﳡthey accumulateﳢ
Should you be martyred or die in the cause of Allah, then His forgiveness and mercy are far better than whatever ˹wealth˺ those ˹who stay behind˺ accumulate.
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