When a sura is revealed, stating: “Believe in God, and strive with His messenger,” even the strong among them say, “Let us stay behind!”
وَإِذا أُنزِلَت سورَةٌ أَن ءامِنوا بِاللَّهِ وَجٰهِدوا مَعَ رَسولِهِ استَـٔذَنَكَ أُولُوا الطَّولِ مِنهُم وَقالوا ذَرنا نَكُن مَعَ القٰعِدينَ
wa izaaa unzilat Sooratun an aaminoo billaahi wa jaahidoo ma’a Rasoolihis taazanaka uluttawli minhum wa qaaloo zarnaa nakum ma’alqaa ‘ideen