And to expose the hypocrites who were told, “Come fight in the cause of God, or contribute.” They said, “If we knew how to fight, we would have joined you.” They were closer to disbelief then than they were to belief. They uttered with their mouths what was not in their hearts. God knows what they conceal.
وَلِيَعلَمَ الَّذينَ نافَقوا وَقيلَ لَهُم تَعالَوا قٰتِلوا فى سَبيلِ اللَّهِ أَوِ ادفَعوا قالوا لَو نَعلَمُ قِتالًا لَاتَّبَعنٰكُم هُم لِلكُفرِ يَومَئِذٍ أَقرَبُ مِنهُم لِلإيمٰنِ يَقولونَ بِأَفوٰهِهِم ما لَيسَ فى قُلوبِهِم وَاللَّهُ أَعلَمُ بِما يَكتُمونَ
wa liya’lamal lazeena naafaqoo; wa qeela lahum ta’aalaw qaatiloo fee sabeelil laahi awid fa’oo qaaloo law na’lamu qitaalallat taba’naakum; hum lilkufri yawma’izin aqrabu minhum lil eemaan; yaqooloona bi afwaahihim maa laisa fee quloobihim; wallaahu a’lamu bimaa yaktumoon