And if they had intended to go forth, they would have prepared for it [some] preparation. But Allāh disliked their being sent, so He kept them back, and they were told, "Remain [behind] with those who remain."1
لَأَعَدُّواْsurely they (would) have preparedla-aʿaddū
لَهُۥfor itlahu
عُدَّةٗ(some) preparationʿuddatan
وَلَٰكِنButwalākin
كَرِهَAllah dislikedkariha
ٱللَّهُAllah dislikedl-lahu
ٱنۢبِعَاثَهُمۡtheir being sentinbiʿāthahum
فَثَبَّطَهُمۡso He made them lag behindfathabbaṭahum
وَقِيلَand it was saidwaqīla
ٱقۡعُدُواْSituq'ʿudū
مَعَwithmaʿa
ٱلۡقَٰعِدِينَthose who sitl-qāʿidīna
Tafsir
If they had been telling the truth in their claim that they wanted to go out with the Messenger (peace be upon him), striving for the sake of Allah, they would have made preparations for it; but Allah did not want them to go with the Prophet, and stopped them from doing so. They were disgraced because they were told to stay behind with those who were ordered to stay behind, such as the women, children and the sick.