يَحۡسَبُونَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابَ لَمۡ يَذۡهَبُواْۖ وَإِن يَأۡتِ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ يَوَدُّواْ لَوۡ أَنَّهُم بَادُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ يَسۡـَٔلُونَ عَنۡ أَنۢبَآئِكُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ كَانُواْ فِيكُم مَّا قَٰتَلُوٓاْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٢٠
Yahsabūnal-ahzāba lam yadhhabū wa in ya'til-ahzābu yawaddū law annahum bādūna fil-a'rābi yas'alūna 'an ambā'ikum walaw kānū fīkum mā qātalū illā qalīlā
They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn.1191 And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news.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.
Footnotes
1191 In their excessive fear the cowardly hypocrites could not believe the enemy forces had been defeated.