وَإِذْ
قَالَت
طَّآئِفَةٌۭ
مِّنْهُمْ
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
يَثْرِبَ
لَا
مُقَامَ
لَكُمْ
فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۚ
وَيَسْتَـْٔذِنُ
فَرِيقٌۭ
مِّنْهُمُ
ٱلنَّبِىَّ
يَقُولُونَ
إِنَّ
بُيُوتَنَا
عَوْرَةٌۭ
وَمَا
هِىَ
بِعَوْرَةٍ ۖ
إِن
يُرِيدُونَ
إِلَّا
فِرَارًۭا
١٣
Some of them said, ‘People of Yathrib, you will not be able to withstand [the attack], so go back!’ Some of them asked the Prophet’s permission to leave, saying, ‘Our houses are exposed,’ even though they were not- they just wanted to run away:
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem