12. Wa-ith yaqoolu almunafiqoona waAllatheena fee quloobihim maradun ma waAAadana Allahu warasooluhu illa ghurooraN
12. Find behold! The Hypocrites
And those in whose hearts
Is a disease (even) say: "God
And His Apostle promised us
Nothing but delusions!"
13. Wa-ith qalat ta-ifatun minhum ya ahla yathriba la muqama lakum faIrjiAAoo wayasta/thinu fareequn minhumu aLnnabiyya yaqooloona inna buyootana AAawratun wama hiya biAAawratin in yureedoona illa firaraN
13. Behold! A party among them
Said: "Ye men of Yathrib!
Ye cannot stand (the attack)!
Therefore go back!"
And a band of them
Ask for leave of the Prophet,
Saying, "Truly our houses
Are bare and exposed," though
They were not exposed:
They intended nothing but
To run away.
14. Walaw dukhilat AAalayhim min aqtariha thumma su-iloo alfitnata laatawha wama talabbathoo biha illa yaseeraN
14. And if an entry had
Been effected to them
From the sides of the (City),
And they had been
Incited to sedition.
They would certainly have
Brought it to pass, with
None but a brief delay!
15. Walaqad kanoo AAahadoo Allaha min qablu la yuwalloona al-adbara wakana AAahdu Allahi mas-oolaN
15. And yet they had already
Covenanted with God not to turn
Their backs, and a covenant
With God must (surely)
Be answered for.
16. Qul lan yanfaAAakumu alfiraru in farartum mina almawti awi alqatli wa-ithan la tumattaAAoona illa qaleelaN
16. Say: "Running away will not
Profit you if ye are
Running away from death
Or slaughter; and even if
(Ye do escape), no more
Than a brief (respite)
Will ye be allowed to enjoy!"
17. Qul man tha allathee yaAAsimukum mina Allahi in arada bikum soo-an aw arada bikum rahmatan wala yajidoona lahum min dooni Allahi waliyyan wala naseeraN
17. Say: "Who is it that can
Screen you from God
If it be His wish
To give you Punishment
Or to give you Mercy?"
Nor will they find for themselves,
Besides God, any protector
Or helper.
18. Qad yaAAlamu Allahu almuAAawwiqeena minkum waAlqa-ileena li-ikhwanihim halumma ilayna wala ya/toona alba/sa illa qaleelaN