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13. Wa-ith qalat ta-ifatun minhum ya ahla yathriba la muqama lakum fa
i
rjiAAoo
wayasta/thinu fareequn minhumu a
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nnabiyya yaqooloona inna buyootana AAawratun
wama hiya biAAawratin in yureedoona illa firara
n
13. Behold! A party among them said: "Ye men of Yathrib! ye cannot stand (the attack)!
therefore go back!" And a band of them ask for leave of the Prophet, saying, "Truly our
houses are bare and exposed," though they were not exposed they intended nothing but to
run away.
14. Walaw dukhilat AAalayhim min aqtariha thumma su-iloo alfitnata laatawha wama
talabbathoo biha illa yaseera
n
14. And if an entry had been effected to them from the sides of the (city), and they had
been incited to sedition, they would certainly have brought it to pass, with none but a
brief delay!
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