Merekalah juga yang mengatakan tentang hal saudara-saudaranya (yang telah terbunuh di medan perang Uhud), sedang mereka sendiri tidak turut berperang: "Kalaulah mereka taatkan kami (turut menarik diri) tentulah mereka tidak terbunuh". Katakanlah (wahai Muhammad): "Jika demikian, hindarkanlah maut dari diri kamu, jika betul kamu orang-orang yang benar".
Those who , while they sat at home , said of their brethren ( who were fighting for the cause of Allah ) : If they had been guided by us they would not have been slain . Say ( unto them , O Muhammad ) : Then avert death from yourselves if ye are truthful .