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wa-lā ʿalā lladhīna ʾidhā mā ʾatawka li-taḥmilahum qulta lā ʾajidu mā ʾaḥmilukum ʿalayhi tawallaw wa-ʾaʿyunuhum tafīḍu mina d-damʿi ḥazanan ʾallā yajidū mā yunfiqūna
Nor [is there any blame] on those to whom, when they came to you to provide them with a mount, you said, ‘I do not find any mount for you,’ and they turned back, their eyes flowing with tears, grieved because they did not find any means to spend.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah At-Tawbah – Verse 92
92 . “Nor (is the task) on those unto whom, when they come unto you to provide them with mounts, you said: ‘I do not find means to carry you,’ they turned back and their eyes overflowed with tears of sorrow, for they did not find that which they should spend.”
In this verse, the Qur’ān refers to the fourth group of those who were also exempted from the Holy Struggle. This group had no means to ride on and to participate in the Holy Struggle. They went to the Prophet (S) to obtain it, but he did not have any mount to give them for carrying them. They had to come back from him while their eyes were full of tears. This tear was for the sorrow which originated from the lack of means to spend it in the way of Allah. The holy verse says: