If Allāh should return you to a faction of them [after the expedition] and then they ask your permission to go out [to battle], say, "You will not go out with me, ever, and you will never fight with me an enemy. Indeed, you were satisfied with sitting [at home] the first time, so sit [now] with those who stay behind."
فَٱسۡتَـٔۡذَنُوكَand they ask you permissionfa-is'tadhanūka
لِلۡخُرُوجِto go outlil'khurūji
فَقُلthen sayfaqul
لَّنNeverlan
تَخۡرُجُواْwill you come outtakhrujū
مَعِيَwith memaʿiya
أَبَدٗاeverabadan
وَلَنand neverwalan
تُقَٰتِلُواْwill you fighttuqātilū
مَعِيَwith memaʿiya
عَدُوًّاۖany enemyʿaduwwan
إِنَّكُمۡIndeed, youinnakum
رَضِيتُمwere satisfiedraḍītum
بِٱلۡقُعُودِwith sittingbil-quʿūdi
أَوَّلَ(the) firstawwala
مَرَّةٖtimemarratin
فَٱقۡعُدُواْso sitfa-uq'ʿudū
مَعَwithmaʿa
ٱلۡخَٰلِفِينَthose who stay behindl-khālifīna
Tafsir
If Allah returns you, O Prophet, to a group of these hypocrites who are firm in their hypocrisy and they ask you for permission to go out with you in another battle, then say to them: You, hypocrites, will never go out with me in Allah’s path, as a punishment for you and a means of avoiding the harms that may arise due to your presence with me. You were quite pleased to remain behind in the battle of Tabūk, so stay with those sick persons, women and children who remain behind.