وَجَآءَ ٱلْمُعَذِّرُونَ
مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ لِيُؤْذَنَ
لَهُمْ وَقَعَدَ ٱلَّذِينَ
كَذَبُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ
وَرَسُولَهُۥ ۚ سَيُصِيبُ
ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ
عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
And those who made
excuses from bedouins
came asking your
permission to exempt
them (from the
battle), and those who
had lied to Allah and
His Messenger sat at
home (without asking
the permission for
it) a painful torment
will seize those of them
who disbelieve.)
Allah describes here the condition of the bedouins who lived around Al-Madinah, who asked for permission to remain behind from Jihad when they came to the Messenger to explain to him their weakness and inability to join the fighting. Ad-Dahhak said that Ibn `Abbas said that they were those who had valid excuses, for Allah said next,
وَقَعَدَ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُواْ
اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ
and those who had lied to Allah and His Messenger sat at home
and did not ask for permission for it; and Allah warned them of painful punishment,
سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
a painful torment will seize those of them who disbelieve.