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wa-la-ʾin ʾaṣābakum faḍlun mina llāhi la-yaqūlanna ka-ʾan lam takun baynakum wa-baynahū mawaddatun yā-laytanī kuntu maʿahum fa-ʾafūza fawzan ʿaẓīman
But should a bounty from Allah come to you, he will say—as if there were no [tie of friendship and] affection between you and him—‘I wish I were with them so that I had achieved a great success!’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah An-Nisa', Verse 73
73. "And if some grace from Allah befalls you, he would certainly say - as if there had not been any friendship between you and him - 'I wish I were with them, So that I had achieved a great achievement!' "
As soon as the hypocrites are informed that the believers have gained the victory, and naturally have obtained some booties, they regret and, like some strangers, as if there have been no connection between them and the believers sorrowfully say:
It is clear that the person who counts martyrdom in the way of Allah a kind of misfortune, and considers the lack of martyrdom a divine bounty, in his view, the victory and great felicity is not anything save physical triumph and the spoils of war.