ثُمَّ
أَنزَلَ
عَلَيْكُم
مِّنۢ
بَعْدِ
ٱلْغَمِّ
أَمَنَةًۭ
نُّعَاسًۭا
يَغْشَىٰ
طَآئِفَةًۭ
مِّنكُمْ ۖ
وَطَآئِفَةٌۭ
قَدْ
أَهَمَّتْهُمْ
أَنفُسُهُمْ
يَظُنُّونَ
بِٱللَّهِ
غَيْرَ
ٱلْحَقِّ
ظَنَّ
ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ ۖ
يَقُولُونَ
هَل
لَّنَا
مِنَ
ٱلْأَمْرِ
مِن
شَىْءٍۢ ۗ
قُلْ
إِنَّ
ٱلْأَمْرَ
كُلَّهُۥ
لِلَّهِ ۗ
يُخْفُونَ
فِىٓ
أَنفُسِهِم
مَّا
لَا
يُبْدُونَ
لَكَ ۖ
يَقُولُونَ
لَوْ
كَانَ
لَنَا
مِنَ
ٱلْأَمْرِ
شَىْءٌۭ
مَّا
قُتِلْنَا
هَـٰهُنَا ۗ
قُل
لَّوْ
كُنتُمْ
فِى
بُيُوتِكُمْ
لَبَرَزَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كُتِبَ
عَلَيْهِمُ
ٱلْقَتْلُ
إِلَىٰ
مَضَاجِعِهِمْ ۖ
وَلِيَبْتَلِىَ
ٱللَّهُ
مَا
فِى
صُدُورِكُمْ
وَلِيُمَحِّصَ
مَا
فِى
قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌۢ
بِذَاتِ
ٱلصُّدُورِ
١٥٤
After sorrow, He caused calm to descend upon you, a sleep that overtook some of you. Another group, caring only for themselves, entertained false thoughts about God, thoughts more appropriate to pagan ignorance, and said, ‘Do we get a say in any of this?’ [Prophet], tell them, ‘Everything to do with this affair is in God’s hands.’ They conceal in their hearts things they will not reveal to you. They say, ‘If we had had our say in this, none of us would have been killed here.’ Tell them, ‘Even if you had resolved to stay at home, those who were destined to be killed would still have gone out to meet their deaths.’ God did this in order to test everything within you and in order to prove what is in your hearts. God knows your innermost thoughts very well.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem