168الَّذينَ قالوا لِإِخوانِهِم وَقَعَدوا لَو أَطاعونا ما قُتِلوا ۗ قُل فَادرَءوا عَن أَنفُسِكُمُ المَوتَ إِن كُنتُم صادِقينَN. J. DawoodSuch were the men who, as they sat at home, said of their brothers: ‘Had they listened to us, they would not have been slain.’ Say to them: ‘Ward off death from yourselves, then, if what you say be true!’