يَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūnaThey thinkالْاَحْزَابَl-aḥzābathe confederatesلَمْlam(have) notيَذْهَبُواۚyadhhabūwithdrawnوَاِنْwa-inAnd ifيَأْتِyati(should) comeالْاَحْزَابُl-aḥzābuthe confederatesيَوَدُّواyawaddūthey would wishلَوْlawifاَنَّهُمْannahumthat they (were)بَادُونَbādūnaliving in (the) desertفِيfīamongالْاَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe Bedouinsيَسْـَٔلُونَyasalūnaaskingعَنْʿanaboutاَنْبَٓائِكُمْۜanbāikumyour newsوَلَوْwalawAnd ifكَانُواkānūthey wereف۪يكُمْfīkumamong youمَاmānotقَاتَلُٓواqātalūthey would fightاِلَّاillāexceptقَل۪يلاً۟qalīlana littleThey thought that the opponents had not yet mobilized. If the opponents do appear, they wish that they were out in the desert, seeking out news for you. Even if they were among you, they would not have fought except very little.