Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:46

9:46

۞ وَلَوْ أَرَادُوا۟ ٱلْخُرُوجَ لَأَعَدُّوا۟ لَهُۥ عُدَّةً وَلَـٰكِن كَرِهَ ٱللَّهُ ٱنۢبِعَاثَهُمْ فَثَبَّطَهُمْ وَقِيلَ ٱقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَ

walaw arādū l-khurūja la-aʿaddū lahu ʿuddatan walākin kariha l-lahu inbiʿāthahum fathabbaṭahum waqīla uq'ʿudū maʿa l-qāʿidīna

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."

— Saheeh International

If they had really wanted to go out [to battle] with you, they would have made preparations, but God was loath to let them rise up and made them hold back. It was said, ‘Stay with those who stay behind.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if they had intended to march out, certainly, they would have made some preparation for it; but Allâh was averse to their being sent forth, so He made them lag behind, and it was said (to them), "Sit you among those who sit (at home)."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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۞ وَلَوْwalawAnd if
أَرَادُوا۟arādūthey had wished
ٱلْخُرُوجَl-khurūja(to) go forth
لَأَعَدُّوا۟la-aʿaddūsurely they (would) have prepared
لَهُۥlahufor it
عُدَّةًۭʿuddatan(some) preparation
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut
كَرِهَkarihaAllah disliked
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah disliked
ٱنۢبِعَاثَهُمْinbiʿāthahumtheir being sent
فَثَبَّطَهُمْfathabbaṭahumso He made them lag behind
وَقِيلَwaqīlaand it was said
ٱقْعُدُوا۟uq'ʿudūSit
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَl-qāʿidīnathose who sit