سَيَقُولُ Will say ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَ those who remained behind إِذَا when ٱنطَلَقْتُمْ you set forth إِلَىٰ towards مَغَانِمَ (the) spoils of war لِتَأْخُذُوهَا to take it ذَرُونَا Allow us نَتَّبِعْكُمْ ۖ (to) follow you يُرِيدُونَ They wish أَن to يُبَدِّلُوا۟ change كَلَـٰمَ (the) Words ٱللَّهِ ۚ (of) Allah قُل Say لَّن Never تَتَّبِعُونَا will you follow us كَذَٰلِكُمْ Thus قَالَ Allah said ٱللَّهُ Allah said مِن before قَبْلُ ۖ before فَسَيَقُولُونَ Then they will say بَلْ Nay تَحْسُدُونَنَا ۚ you envy us بَلْ Nay كَانُوا۟ they were لَا not يَفْقَهُونَ understanding إِلَّا except قَلِيلًۭا a little ١٥
Those who remained behind will say when you set out toward the war booty to take it, "Let us follow you." They wish to change the words of Allāh. Say, "Never will you follow us. Thus did Allāh say before." So they will say, "Rather, you envy us." But [in fact] they were not understanding except a little.
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