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Sura 33
Aya 13
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وَإِذ قالَت طائِفَةٌ مِنهُم يا أَهلَ يَثرِبَ لا مُقامَ لَكُم فَارجِعوا ۚ وَيَستَأذِنُ فَريقٌ مِنهُمُ النَّبِيَّ يَقولونَ إِنَّ بُيوتَنا عَورَةٌ وَما هِيَ بِعَورَةٍ ۖ إِن يُريدونَ إِلّا فِرارًا

Ali Quli Qarai

And when a group of them said, ‘O people of Yathrib! [This is] not a place for you,1 so go back!’2 And a group of them sought the Prophet’s permission, saying, ‘Our homes lie exposed3 [to the enemy],’ although they were not exposed. They only sought to flee.
  • That is, there is no chance of your withstanding the army of the polytheists.
  • That is, return to your earlier creed, or go back to your homes.
  • Or ‘unprotected.’