Whether thou ask for their forgiveness, or not, (their sin is unforgivable): if thou ask seventy times for their forgiveness,
Allah will not forgive them: because they have rejected Allah and His Messenger: and Allah guideth not those who are
perversely rebellious.
9:81
Those who were left behind (in the Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in their inaction behind the back of the Messenger of
Allah: they hated to strive and fight, with their goods and their persons, in the cause of Allah: they said, "Go not forth in
the heat." Say, "The fire of Hell is fiercer in heat." If only they could understand!
9:82
Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for the (evil) that they do.
9:83
If, then, Allah bring thee back to any of them, and they ask thy permission to come out (with thee), say: "Never shall ye
come out with me, nor fight an enemy with me: for ye preferred to sit inactive on the first occasion: Then sit ye (now)
with those who lag behind."
9:84
Nor do thou ever pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at his grave; for they rejected Allah and His Messenger,
and died in a state of perverse rebellion.
9:85
Nor let their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee: Allah's plan is to punish them with these things in this
world, and that their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah.
9:86
When a Sura comes down, enjoining them to believe in Allah and to strive and fight along with His Messenger, those
with wealth and influence among them ask thee for exemption, and say: "Leave us (behind): we would be with those
who sit (at home)."
9:87
They prefer to be with (the women), who remain behind (at home): their hearts are sealed and so they understand not.
