Surely God knows who among you obstruct, and those who say to their brethren: "Come to us," and go to battle but seldom,
Indeed Allah knows those among you who prevent others from the holy war, and those who say to their brothers, “Come towards us”; and they do not come to fight, except a few.
God would surely know those of you who hinder, and those who say to their brothers, 'Come to us,' and come to battle but little,
God is indeed aware of those of you who would divert others [from fighting in His cause], as well as of those who say to their brethren, “Come hither to us [and face the enemy]!” — The while they [themselves] join battle but seldom,
Surely Allah knoweth those among you who hinder and those who say unto their brethren: come hither unto us; and they themselves come not to the battle save a ittle,
Allah already knows those among you who keep back (men) from fighting in Allah's Cause, and those who say to their brethren "Come here towards us," while they (themselves) come not to the battle except a little.
God already knows the hinderers among you, and those who say to their brethren, “Come and join us.” Rarely do they mobilize for battle.
Allah knows well those of you who create obstructions (in war efforts) and say to their brethren: “Come and join us.” They hardly take any part in battle.
Allah already knows those among you who keep back (men) from fighting (in Allah's cause), and those who say to their brethren, "Come here towards us," while they come not to the battle except a little,
Allah already knoweth those of you who hinder, and those who say unto their brethren: "Come ye hither unto us!" and they come not to the stress of battle save a little,
Allah knows those of you who discourage others, and those who say to their brethren, ‘Come to us!’ and take little part in the battle,
Allah knows those of you who hinder, and those who say to their brothers: 'Come to us' and they do not come to the battle but a little,
Already Allah knows the hinderers among you and those [hypocrites] who say to their brothers, "Come to us," and do not go to battle, except for a few,
God certainly knows those among you who create obstacles (on the way that leads to God) and those who say to their brothers, 'Come quickly to us' and very rarely take part in the fighting.
Allah knows indeed those among you who hinder others and those who say to their brethren: Come to us; and they come not to the fight but a little,
Qad yaAAlamu All<u>a</u>hu almuAAawwiqeena minkum wa<b>a</b>lq<u>a</u>ileena liikhw<u>a</u>nihim halumma ilayn<u>a</u> wal<u>a</u> yatoona albasa ill<u>a</u> qaleel<u>a</u><b>n</b>
God knows exactly who among you hold the others back, who say to their brethren, "Come over to our side," and they seldom take part in the fighting.
Verily Allah knows those among you who keep back (men) and those who say to their brethren, "Come along to us", but come not to the fight except for just a little while.
قَدْ يَعْلَمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُعَوِّقِينَ مِنكُمْ وَٱلْقَآئِلِينَ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ هَلُمَّ إِلَيْنَا وَلَا يَأْتُونَ ٱلْبَأْسَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Allah knows those of you who hold others back from fighting alongside Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and those who say to their brothers: “Come to us and do not fight alongside him, lest you get killed, because we fear you will get killed”. And these forsaken people do not come to battle or participate in it except rarely, to remove blame from themselves, not to help Allah and His Messenger.
Allah knows those of you who hold others back from fighting alongside Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and those who say to their brothers: “Come to us and do not fight alongside him, lest you get killed, because we fear you will get killed”. And these forsaken people do not come to battle or participate in it except rarely, to remove blame from themselves, not to help Allah and His Messenger.
<div class="text_uthmani arabic">هَلُمَّ إِلَيْنَا</div><p>(Come here towards us,) meaning, come to where we are in the shade and enjoying fruits. But in spite of that,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَلاَ يَأْتُونَ الْبَأْسَ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً</div><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَشِحَّةً عَلَيْكُمْ</div><p>(they come not to the battle except a little, being miserly towards you.) i.e., `they are mean and have no love or mercy towards you.' As-Suddi said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَشِحَّةً عَلَيْكُمْ</div><p>(Being miserly towards you.) means, with the booty.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَإِذَا جَآءَ الْخَوْفُ رَأَيْتَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ تَدورُ أَعْيُنُهُمْ كَالَّذِى يُغْشَى عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ</div><p>(Then when fear comes, you will see them looking to you, their eyes revolving like one over whom hovers death;) means, because of the intensity of their fear and terror; this is how afraid these cowards are of fighting.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ الْخَوْفُ سَلَقُوكُم بِأَلْسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ</div><p>(but when the fear departs, they will smite you with sharp tongues,) means, when security is restored, they will speak eloquently and nicely, claiming that they were the bravest and most chivalrous of men, but they are lying. Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">سَلَقُوكُم</div><p>(they will smite you) means, "they will start to talk about you." Qatadah said: "But when it comes to the booty, the most miserly of people and the worst to have to share the booty with are those who say, `Give us, give us, we were there with you,' but during battle they were the most cowardly and the most likely to fail to support the truth." They are miserly towards good, meaning that there is no goodness in them, for they have combined cowardice with lies and little good. Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أوْلَـئِكَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُواْ فَأَحْبَطَ اللَّهُ أَعْمَـلَهُمْ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيراً</div><p>(Such have not believed. Therefore Allah makes their deeds fruitless and that is ever easy for Allah.)</p>
هَلُمَّ إِلَيْنَا(Come here towards us,) meaning, come to where we are in the shade and enjoying fruits. But in spite of that,وَلاَ يَأْتُونَ الْبَأْسَ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاًأَشِحَّةً عَلَيْكُمْ(they come not to the battle except a little, being miserly towards you.) i.e., `they are mean and have no love or mercy towards you.' As-Suddi said:أَشِحَّةً عَلَيْكُمْ(Being miserly towards you.) means, with the booty.فَإِذَا جَآءَ الْخَوْفُ رَأَيْتَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ تَدورُ أَعْيُنُهُمْ كَالَّذِى يُغْشَى عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ(Then when fear comes, you will see them looking to you, their eyes revolving like one over whom hovers death;) means, because of the intensity of their fear and terror; this is how afraid these cowards are of fighting.فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ الْخَوْفُ سَلَقُوكُم بِأَلْسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ(but when the fear departs, they will smite you with sharp tongues,) means, when security is restored, they will speak eloquently and nicely, claiming that they were the bravest and most chivalrous of men, but they are lying. Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said:سَلَقُوكُم(they will smite you) means, "they will start to talk about you." Qatadah said: "But when it comes to the booty, the most miserly of people and the worst to have to share the booty with are those who say, `Give us, give us, we were there with you,' but during battle they were the most cowardly and the most likely to fail to support the truth." They are miserly towards good, meaning that there is no goodness in them, for they have combined cowardice with lies and little good. Allah says:أوْلَـئِكَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُواْ فَأَحْبَطَ اللَّهُ أَعْمَـلَهُمْ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيراً(Such have not believed. Therefore Allah makes their deeds fruitless and that is ever easy for Allah.)