ٱلْفَتْح : ١٦

  • قُل Say
  • لِّلۡمُخَلَّفِينَ to those who remained behind
  • مِنَ of
  • ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ the Bedouins
  • سَتُدۡعَوۡنَ You will be called
  • إِلَىٰ to
  • قَوۡمٍ a people
  • أُوْلِي possessors of military might
  • بَأۡسٖ possessors of military might
  • شَدِيدٖ great
  • تُقَٰتِلُونَهُمۡ you will fight them
  • أَوۡ or
  • يُسۡلِمُونَۖ they will submit
  • فَإِن Then if
  • تُطِيعُواْ you obey
  • يُؤۡتِكُمُ Allah will give you
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah will give you
  • أَجۡرًا a reward
  • حَسَنٗاۖ good
  • وَإِن but if
  • تَتَوَلَّوۡاْ you turn away
  • كَمَا as
  • تَوَلَّيۡتُم you turned away
  • مِّن before
  • قَبۡلُ before
  • يُعَذِّبۡكُمۡ He will punish you
  • عَذَابًا (with) a punishment
  • أَلِيمٗا painful
Say to those who remained behind of the bedouins, "You will be called to [face] a people of great military might; you may fight them, or they will submit.1 So if you obey, Allāh will give you a good reward; but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment."
Footnotes
1 To Allāh in Islām.
Say to those of the Bedouins, mentioned, who were left behind, to test them: 'You shall be called against a people possessed of great might - these are said to have been the [tribe of] Banoo Haneefa, the inhabitants of [the region of] al-Yamaama; but it is also said that these were the Persians and the Byzantines - you shall fight them (tuqaatiloonahum is a circumstancial qualifier referring to an implied [future] situation, which constitutes that to which the 'call' will be made); or they will submit, so that you will not [have to] fight. So if you obey, [the command] to fight them, God will give you a good reward; but if you turn away like you turned away before, He will chastise you with a painful chastisement'.