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

for their sitting back
against [the command of] the Apostle of Allah,¹
and were reluctant to wage jihād
with their possessions and persons
in the way of Allah,
and they said, ‘Do not go forth in this heat.’
Say, The fire of hell is severer in heat,
should they understand.
82 So let them laugh a little; much will they weep
as a requital for what they used to earn.
83 If Allah brings you back [from the battlefront]
to a group of them
and they seek your permission to go forth,
say, ‘You shall never go forth with me,
and you shall not fight with me against any enemy.
You were indeed pleased to sit back the first time,
so sit back with those who stay behind.’
84 And never pray over any of them when he dies,
nor stand at his graveside.
They indeed defied Allah and His Apostle
and died as transgressors.
85 Let not their possessions or their children impress you.
Allah only desires to punish them with these
in this world,
and that their souls may depart
while they are faithless.
86 When a sūrah is sent down
[declaring]: ‘Have faith in Allah,
and wage jihād along with His Apostle,