And Allah had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing the enemy by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then he turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allah is the possessor of bounty for the believers.
و [در نبرد اُحد] قطعاً خدا وعده خود را با شما راست گردانيد: آنگاه كه به فرمان او، آنان را مى‌كشتيد، تا آنكه سست شديد و در كار [جنگ و بر سر تقسيم غنايم‌] با يكديگر به نزاع پرداختيد؛ و پس از آنكه آنچه را دوست داشتيد [يعنى غنايم را ]به شما نشان داد، نافرمانى نموديد. برخى از شما دنيا را و برخى از شما آخرت را مى‌خواهد. سپس براى آنكه شما را بيازمايد، از [تعقيب‌] آنان منصرفتان كرد و از شما درگذشت، و خدا نسبت به مؤمنان، با تفضل است.