أَلَمْ Have not تَرَ you seen إِلَى [towards] ٱلَّذِينَ those who قِيلَ (when) it was said لَهُمْ to them كُفُّوٓا۟ Restrain أَيْدِيَكُمْ your hands وَأَقِيمُوا۟ and establish ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ the prayer وَءَاتُوا۟ and give ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ the zakah فَلَمَّا Then when كُتِبَ was ordained عَلَيْهِمُ on them ٱلْقِتَالُ the fighting إِذَا then فَرِيقٌۭ a group مِّنْهُمْ of them يَخْشَوْنَ [they] fear ٱلنَّاسَ the people كَخَشْيَةِ as (they) fear ٱللَّهِ Allah أَوْ or أَشَدَّ more intense خَشْيَةًۭ ۚ fear وَقَالُوا۟ and they said رَبَّنَا Our Lord لِمَ why كَتَبْتَ have You ordained عَلَيْنَا upon us ٱلْقِتَالَ [the] fighting لَوْلَآ Why not أَخَّرْتَنَآ You postpone (it for) us إِلَىٰٓ to أَجَلٍۢ a term قَرِيبٍۢ ۗ near قُلْ Say مَتَـٰعُ Enjoyment ٱلدُّنْيَا (of) the world قَلِيلٌۭ (is) little وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ and the Hereafter خَيْرٌۭ (is) better لِّمَنِ for whoever ٱتَّقَىٰ fears (Allah) وَلَا and not تُظْلَمُونَ you will be wronged فَتِيلًا (even as much as) a hair on a date-seed ٧٧
Have you not seen those who were told, "Restrain your hands [from fighting] and establish prayer and give zakāh"? But then when battle was ordained for them, at once a party of them feared men as they fear Allāh or with [even] greater fear. They said, "Our Lord, why have You decreed upon us fighting? If only You had postponed [it for] us for a short time." Say, "The enjoyment of this world is little, and the Hereafter is better for he who fears Allāh. And injustice will not be done to you, [even] as much as a thread [inside a date seed]."
— Come To Light