وَلِيَعْلَمَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
نَافَقُوا۟ ۚ
وَقِيلَ
لَهُمْ
تَعَالَوْا۟
قَـٰتِلُوا۟
فِى
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِ
أَوِ
ٱدْفَعُوا۟ ۖ
قَالُوا۟
لَوْ
نَعْلَمُ
قِتَالًۭا
لَّٱتَّبَعْنَـٰكُمْ ۗ
هُمْ
لِلْكُفْرِ
يَوْمَئِذٍ
أَقْرَبُ
مِنْهُمْ
لِلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚ
يَقُولُونَ
بِأَفْوَٰهِهِم
مَّا
لَيْسَ
فِى
قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
أَعْلَمُ
بِمَا
يَكْتُمُونَ
١٦٧
when it was said to them, ‘Come, fight for God’s cause, or at least defend yourselves,’ answered, ‘We would follow you if we knew there was going to be fighting.’ On that day they were closer to disbelief than belief. They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts: God knows exactly what they conceal.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem