Repentance
[9:83]
Hence, [O Prophet,] if God brings thee again face to face with some of them, and then they ask thy leave to go forth [to war with thee], say: "Never shall you go forth with me, nor shall you fight an enemy together with me! Behold, you were well-pleased to stay at home on that first occasion: stay at home, then, with those who [are obliged to] remain behind!"

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* v.83 : Lit., “if God brings thee back [from the campaign] to a group of them” – i.e., to those hypocrites who remained at home under false pretences.
* I.e., with the old men, the women, the children, and the sick, who are not able or not expected to go to war (Manār X, 662).