(He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind; (they felt guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them, for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened to them,- and they perceived that there is no fleeing from Allah (and no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, that they might repent: for Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
و نيز خدا پذيرفت توبه آن سه تن را كه از جنگ تخلف كرده بودند، تا آنگاه كه زمين با همه گشادگيش بر آنها تنگ شد و جان در تنشان نمى‌گنجيد و خود دانستند كه جز خداوند هيچ پناهگاهى كه بدان روى آورند ندارند. پس خداوند توبه آنان بپذيرفت تا به او بازآيند، كه توبه‌پذير و مهربان است.