لَوْ
كَانَ
عَرَضًۭا
قَرِيبًۭا
وَسَفَرًۭا
قَاصِدًۭا
لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَ
وَلَـٰكِنۢ
بَعُدَتْ
عَلَيْهِمُ
ٱلشُّقَّةُ ۚ
وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ
بِٱللَّهِ
لَوِ
ٱسْتَطَعْنَا
لَخَرَجْنَا
مَعَكُمْ
يُهْلِكُونَ
أَنفُسَهُمْ
وَٱللَّهُ
يَعْلَمُ
إِنَّهُمْ
لَكَـٰذِبُونَ
٤٢
They would certainly have followed you [Prophet] if the benefit was within sight and the journey short, but the distance seemed too great for them. They will swear by God, ‘If we could, we certainly would go out [to battle] with you,’ but they ruin themselves, for God knows that they are lying.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem