Have you not observed the state of those who were instructed (in the beginning for a short period): ‘Restrain your hands (from fighting) and establish Prayer and pay Zakat (the Alms-due) regularly’? (So they were happy with it.) But when the armed struggle (against evil, tyranny and oppression) was prescribed for them, a section of them started fearing (hostile) people the way one fears Allah or even more. And they said: ‘O our Lord! Why have You enjoined fighting upon us (so soon)? Why have You not given us respite for another short period?’ Say (to them): ‘Worldly interest is minor (immaterial) while the Hereafter is an extremely valuable (blessing) for the one who becomes God-wary and pious. There, you shall not be treated unjustly even equal to a thread.’