Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

Some of you desire this world,
and some of you desire the Hereafter.
Then He turned you away from them
so that He might test you.
Certainly He has excused you,
for Allah is gracious to the faithful.
153 When you were fleeing
without paying any attention to anyone,
while the Apostle was calling you from your rear,
He requited you with grief upon grief,
so that you may not grieve for what you lose
nor for what befalls you,
and Allah is well aware of what you do.
154 Then He sent down to you safety after grief
— a drowsiness that came over a group of you —
while another group, anxious only about themselves,
entertained false notions about Allah,
notions of [pagan] ignorance.
They say, ‘Do we have any role in the matter?’
Say, ‘Indeed the matter belongs totally to Allah.’
They hide in their hearts
what they do not disclose to you.
They say, ‘Had we any role in the matter,
we would not have been slain here.’
Say, ‘Even if you had remained in your houses,
those destined to be slain would have set out
toward the places where they were laid to rest,
so that Allah may test what is in your breasts,
and that He may purge what is in your hearts,
and Allah knows best what is in the breasts.’