At-Tawbah 9:49 ومنهم من يقول ايذن لي ولا تفتني الا في الفتنة سقطوا وان جهنم لمحيطة بالكافرين ٤٩
وَمِنۡهُم
مَّن
يَقُولُ
ٱئۡذَن
لِّي
وَلَا
تَفۡتِنِّيٓۚ
أَلَا
فِي
ٱلۡفِتۡنَةِ
سَقَطُواْۗ
وَإِنَّ
جَهَنَّمَ
لَمُحِيطَةُۢ
بِٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
٤٩
And among them there is one who says, “Allow me (to stay behind) and do not expose me to an ordeal.”Look! They have already fallen into an ordeal, and certainly Jahannam (the Hell) has the disbelievers encircled.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
ائْذَن لِّي
(Grant me leave), to stay behind,
وَلاَ تَفْتِنِّى
(and put me not into trial.), if I go with you and see the women of the Romans. Allah, the Exalted, replied,
أَلا فِى الْفِتْنَةِ سَقَطُواْ
(Surely, they have fallen into trial) because of the statement they uttered. Muhammad bin Ishaq report
…ائْذَن لِّي
(Grant me leave), to stay behind,
وَلاَ تَفْتِنِّى
(and put me not into trial.), if I go with you and see the women of the Romans. Allah, the
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