لَوْ If law it had been kāna a gain ʿaraḍan near qarīban and a journey wasafaran easy qāṣidan surely they (would) have followed you la-ittabaʿūka but walākin was long baʿudat for them ʿalayhimu the distance l-shuqatu And they will swear wasayaḥlifūna by Allah bil-lahi If lawi we were able is'taṭaʿnā certainly we (would) have come forth lakharajnā with you maʿakum They destroy yuh'likūna their own selves anfusahum and Allah wal-lahu knows yaʿlamu (that) indeed, they innahum (are) surely liars lakādhibūna
Had it been a near [i.e., easy] gain and a moderate trip, they [i.e., the hypocrites] would have followed you, but distant to them was the journey. And they will swear by Allāh,1 "If we were able, we would have gone forth with you," destroying themselves [through false oaths], and Allāh knows that indeed they are liars.