[Remember] when you were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the farther side, and the caravan was lower [in position] than you. If you had made an appointment [to meet], you would have missed the appointment. But [it was] so that Allah might accomplish a matter already destined - that those who perished [through disbelief] would perish upon evidence and those who lived [in faith] would live upon evidence; and indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
شما در كرانه نزديك‌تر بيابان بوديد و آنها در كرانه دورتر بودند و آن قافله در مكانى فروتر از شما بود. اگر شما با يكديگر زمان جنگ را تعيين مى‌كرديد باز هم از آن تخلف مى‌ورزيديد تا كارى كه خدا مقرر كرده است واقع شود، تا هر كه هلاك مى‌شود به دليلى هلاك شود و هر كه زنده مى‌ماند به دليلى زنده ماند. هرآينه خدا شنوا و داناست.