وَلَقَدْ
صَدَقَكُمُ
ٱللَّهُ
وَعْدَهُۥٓ
إِذْ
تَحُسُّونَهُم
بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖ
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
فَشِلْتُمْ
وَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْ
فِى
ٱلْأَمْرِ
وَعَصَيْتُم
مِّنۢ
بَعْدِ
مَآ
أَرَىٰكُم
مَّا
تُحِبُّونَ ۚ
مِنكُم
مَّن
يُرِيدُ
ٱلدُّنْيَا
وَمِنكُم
مَّن
يُرِيدُ
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ
ثُمَّ
صَرَفَكُمْ
عَنْهُمْ
لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ ۖ
وَلَقَدْ
عَفَا
عَنكُمْ ۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
ذُو
فَضْلٍ
عَلَى
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
١٥٢
God fulfilled His promise to you: you were routing them, with His permission, but then you faltered, disputed the order, and disobeyed, once He had brought you within sight of your goal- some of you desire the gains of this world and others desire the world to come- and then He prevented you from [defeating] them as a punishment. He has now forgiven you: God is most gracious to the believers.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem