"Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were told to hold back their hands [from fight] but establish regular prayers and spend in regular charity? When [at length] the order for fighting was issued to them, behold! a section of them feared men as - or even more than - they should have feared Allah: They said: "Our Lord! Why hast Thou ordered us to fight? Wouldst Thou not Grant us respite to our [natural] term, near [enough]?" Say: "Short is the enjoyment of 39 this world: the Hereafter is the best for those who do right: Never will ye be dealt with unjustly in the very least!"— Yusuf Ali translation