(The Test for Early Generations)
Say to the sedentary Arabs who stay behind, “You will be invited to face powerful people and to fight them, unless they submit. If you obey, God will reward you with a generous recompense. But if you turn away again, as you did in the past, He will requite you with a painful retribution.”
قُل لِلمُخَلَّفينَ مِنَ الأَعرابِ سَتُدعَونَ إِلىٰ قَومٍ أُولى بَأسٍ شَديدٍ تُقٰتِلونَهُم أَو يُسلِمونَ فَإِن تُطيعوا يُؤتِكُمُ اللَّهُ أَجرًا حَسَنًا وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوا كَما تَوَلَّيتُم مِن قَبلُ يُعَذِّبكُم عَذابًا أَليمًا
qul lilmukhallafeena minal A’raabi satud’awna ilaa qawmin ulee baasin shadeedin tuqaati loonahum aw yuslimoona fa in tutee’oo yu’tikumul laahu ajran hasananw wa in tatawallaw kamaa tawallaitum min qablu yu’azzibkum ‘azaaban aleemaa