Recall when you were on the nearer bank, and they were on the further bank, and the caravan was below you. Had you planned for this meeting, you would have disagreed on the timing, but God was to carry out a predetermined matter, so that those who perish would perish by clear evidence, and those who survive would survive by clear evidence. God is Hearing and Knowing.
آن‌گاه كه شما نزديك‌تر [به مدينه‌] بوديد و آنها دورتر، و كاروان [تجارى‌] پايين‌تر از شما بود، و اگر شما با يكديگر وعده‌ى [جنگ‌] گذاشته بوديد، قطعا در باره‌ى قرار جنگ [به خاطر كثرت دشمن‌] اختلاف مى‌كرديد، ولى [چنين شد] تا خدا كارى را كه مى‌بايست انجا