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English - Chapter 9 - At-Tawbah
Translation by Muhammad Asad — Permalink
Verse 81 — Surah At-Tawbah 9:81
THOSE [hypocrites] who were left behind rejoiced in their staying away [from war] after [the departure of] God's Apostle, for they hated the thought of striving with their possessions and their lives in God's cause; and they had [even] said [to the others], "Do not go forth to war in this heat!" Say: "The fire of hell is hotter by far!" Had they but grasped this truth