وَإِذۡ قَالَت طَّآئِفَةٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ يَثۡرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمۡ فَٱرۡجِعُواْۚ وَيَسۡتَـٔۡذِنُ فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُمُ ٱلنَّبِيَّ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوۡرَةٞ وَمَا هِيَ بِعَوۡرَةٍۖ إِن يُرِيدُونَ إِلَّا فِرَارٗا ١٣
Wa idh qālat tā'ifatum minhum yā'ahla yathriba lā muqāma lakum farji'ū wayasta'dhinu farīqum minhumun-nabiyya yaqūlūna inna buyūtanā 'awratun wamā hiya bi'awratin in yurīdūna illā firārā
And when a faction of them said, "O people of Yathrib,1185 there is no stability for you [here], so return [home]." And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, "Indeed, our houses are exposed [i.e., unprotected]," while they were not exposed. They did not intend except to flee.
Footnotes
1185 The name by which al-Madīnah was known before the arrival of the Prophet (ﷺ).