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Sura 48
Aya 16
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قُل لِلمُخَلَّفينَ مِنَ الأَعرابِ سَتُدعَونَ إِلىٰ قَومٍ أُولي بَأسٍ شَديدٍ تُقاتِلونَهُم أَو يُسلِمونَ ۖ فَإِن تُطيعوا يُؤتِكُمُ اللَّهُ أَجرًا حَسَنًا ۖ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوا كَما تَوَلَّيتُم مِن قَبلُ يُعَذِّبكُم عَذابًا أَليمًا

Muhammad Asad

Say unto those bedouin who stayed behind: "In time you will be called upon [to fight] against people of great prowess in war:1 you will have to fight against them [until you die] or they surrender. And then, if you heed [that call], God will bestow on you a goodly reward; but if you turn away as you turned away this time,2 He will chastise you with grievous chastisement."
  • This is evidently a prophecy relating to the future wars against Byzantium and Persia.
  • Lit., "before", i.e., at the time of the expedition which resulted in the Truce Of Hudaybiyyah.