يَحۡسَبُونَ
ٱلۡأَحۡزَابَ
لَمۡ
يَذۡهَبُواْۖ
وَإِن
يَأۡتِ
ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ
يَوَدُّواْ
لَوۡ
أَنَّهُم
بَادُونَ
فِي
ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ
يَسۡـَٔلُونَ
عَنۡ
أَنۢبَآئِكُمۡۖ
وَلَوۡ
كَانُواْ
فِيكُم
مَّا
قَٰتَلُوٓاْ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلٗا
٢٠
They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn.1 And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except for a little.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
يَحْسَبُونَ الاٌّحْزَابَ لَمْ يَذْهَبُواْ
(They think that the Confederates have not yet withdrawn;) and that they are still close by and will return.
وَإِن يَأْتِ الاٌّحْزَابُ يَوَدُّواْ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ بَادُونَ فِى الاٌّعْرَابِ يَسْأَلُونَ عَنْ أَنبَآئِكُمْ
(and if the Confederates should come, they w
…يَحْسَبُونَ الاٌّحْزَابَ لَمْ يَذْهَبُواْ
(They think that the Confederates have not yet withdrawn;) and that they are still close by and will return.
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