But had We prescribed for them, saying, 'Slay yourselves' or 'Leave your habitations,' they would not have done it, save a few of them; yet if they had done as they were admonished it would have been better for them, and stronger confirming them,
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。