وَإِذْ And when wa-idh said qālat a party ṭāifatun of them min'hum O People yāahla (of) Yathrib yathriba No lā stand muqāma for you lakum so return fa-ir'jiʿū And asked permission wayastadhinu a group farīqun of them min'humu (from) the Prophet l-nabiya saying yaqūlūna Indeed inna our houses buyūtanā (are) exposed ʿawratun and not wamā they hiya (were) exposed biʿawratin Not in they wished yurīdūna but illā to flee firāran
And when a faction of them said, "O people of Yathrib,1 there is no stability for you [here], so return [home]." And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, "Indeed, our houses are exposed [i.e., unprotected]," while they were not exposed. They did not intend except to flee.