Had We decreed for them: “Kill yourselves,” or “Leave your homes,” they would not have done it, except for a few of them. But had they done what they were instructed to do, it would have been better for them, and a firmer confirmation.
仮令われがかれらに「身命を棒げなさい。」，または，「家から出て行け。」と命じても，かれらの中少数の者の外は，そうしなかったであろう。もしかれらが，勧められるように行ったならば，きっとかれらのためにも善いことであり，もっと（信仰も）強まったのだが。