You were on the nearer side of the valley, and they were on the farther side, and the caravan was below you. Had you wished to set a time by mutual agreement, you would certainly have disagreed on the timing. However, the encounter took place, so that God might settle a matter which had already been ordained, so that he who was to perish might perish after clear evidence of the truth, and he who was to live might live in clear evidence of the truth. Surely, God is all hearing and all-knowing.
あなたがたは川の谷間に近い方におり，かれらはその遠い方にいて，隊商があなたがたよりも低い（平原）にいた時を思え。この時あなたがたが仮令互いに（会戦を）約束していても，必ずやその約束に反したてあろう。しかし（予期に反して開戦した）それは，アッラーがなさるべきことを，完遂なされたため。死ぬ者に明証（を見せた）後に死なせ，生き長らえる者も明証によって生き長らえさせるためである。本当にアッラーは全聴にして全知であられる。