[Ahzab 33:16] Proclaim, �Fleeing will never benefit you if you flee from death or killing, and even then you will not be given the usage of this world except a little.�

[Ahzab 33:17] Say, �Who is he who can avert the command of Allah from you, if He wills harm for you or wills to have mercy upon you?� And other than Allah, they will not find any friend or supporter.

[Ahzab 33:18] Indeed Allah knows those among you who prevent others from the holy war, and those who say to their brothers, �Come towards us�; and they do not come to fight, except a few.

[Ahzab 33:19] They reduce the help towards you; so when a fearful time comes, you will observe them looking at you with eyes rolling like one enveloped by death; then when the time of fear is over, they begin slandering you with sharp tongues in their greed for the war booty; they have not accepted faith, therefore Allah has nullified their deeds; and this is easy for Allah.

[Ahzab 33:20] They assume that the armies of the disbelievers have not gone away; and were the armies to come again, their wish would be to go out to the villages seeking information about you; and were they to stay among you even then they would not fight, except a few.

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[Ahzab 33:21] Indeed following the Noble Messenger of Allah is better for you � for one who is confident of Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah much.

[Ahzab 33:22] And when the Muslims saw the armies, they said, �This is what Allah and His Noble Messenger promised us, and Allah and His Noble Messenger have spoken the truth�; and it did not increase anything for them but faith and acceptance of Allah�s will.