Surah At-Tawbah
لَوْ كَانَ عَرَضًا قَرِيبًا وَسَفَرًا قَاصِدًا لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَ وَلَـٰكِنۢ بَعُدَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلشُّقَّةُ ۚ وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَوِ ٱسْتَطَعْنَا لَخَرَجْنَا مَعَكُمْ يُهْلِكُونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ
Lau kāna ‘araḍan qarībaw wa safaran qāṣidal lattaba‘ūka wa lākim ba‘udat ‘alaihimusy-syuqqah(tu), wa sayaḥlifūna billāhi lawistaṭa‘nā lakharajnā ma‘akum, yuhlikūna anfusahum, wallāhu ya‘lamu innahum lakāżibūn(a).
Had it been an easy gain and a moderate trip, the hypocrites would have followed you, but distant to them was the journey. And they will swear by Allah, "If we were able, we would have gone forth with you," destroying themselves [through false oaths], and Allah knows that indeed they are liars.
📝 Footnotes
327) What is meant by destroying themselves in this verse is that they will perish because of their false oaths and lies.