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fa-ʾin rajaʿaka llāhu ʾilā ṭāʾifatin minhum fa-staʾdhanūka li-l-khurūji fa-qul lan takhrujū maʿiya ʾabadan wa-lan tuqātilū maʿiya ʿaduwwan ʾinnakum raḍītum bi-l-quʿūdi ʾawwala marratin fa-qʿudū maʿa l-khālifīna
If Allah brings you back [from the battlefront] to a group of them and they seek your permission to go forth, say, ‘You shall never go forth with me, and you shall not fight with me against any enemy. You were indeed pleased to sit back the first time, so sit back with those who stay behind.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah At-Tawbah – Verse 83
83 . “So if Allah brings you back to a party of them and they ask your permission to go forth, say: ‘You shall never go forth with me and you shall never fight an enemy with me; surely you were pleased to sit (idle) the first time, then sit (now also idle) with those who stay behind’.”
Whoever repents sincerely and truthfully, it will be accepted by Allah, but the hypocrites asked permission to go to fight hypocritically and affectedly. The Qur’ānic term /xālif/ means both ‘the one who violates going fight’, and ‘an antagonist’. Do not trust upon the hypocrites’ request for attending in the Holy Struggle. The verse says:
And do fear from those who escaped from going to fight yesterday but they are candidates to attend in the battle-field today. The verse continues saying:
Therefore, hypocrites must be despised and deserted. The holy verse concludes as follows: