ٱلتَّوْبَة : ٤٦

  • وَلَوۡ And if
  • أَرَادُواْ they had wished
  • ٱلۡخُرُوجَ (to) go forth
  • لَأَعَدُّواْ surely they (would) have prepared
  • لَهُۥ for it
  • عُدَّةٗ (some) preparation
  • وَلَٰكِن But
  • كَرِهَ Allah disliked
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah disliked
  • ٱنۢبِعَاثَهُمۡ their being sent
  • فَثَبَّطَهُمۡ so He made them lag behind
  • وَقِيلَ and it was said
  • ٱقۡعُدُواْ Sit
  • مَعَ with
  • ٱلۡقَٰعِدِينَ those who sit
And if they had intended to go forth, they would have prepared for it [some] preparation. But Allāh disliked their being sent, so He kept them back, and they were told, "Remain [behind] with those who remain."1
Footnotes
1 i.e., the women and children.
If they had desired to go forth, with you, they would have made some preparation for it, some equipment, such as tools and provisions, but God was averse that they should be sent forth, that is, He did not want them to go forth, so He slowed them down, He made them [feel] lethargic, and it was said, to them: 'Stay back with those who stay back!', [with] the sick, the women and the children: in other words, God decreed this.