آنها گمان میكنند هنوز لشكر احزاب نرفتهاند؛ و اگر برگردند (از ترس آنان) دوست میدارند در ميان اعراب باديهنشين پراكنده (و پنهان) شوند و از اخبار شما جويا گردند؛ و اگر در ميان شما باشند جز اندكی پيكار نمیكنند!
They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn. And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except fo