9.49. Waminhum man yaquulu i/dhan lii walataftinnii ala fii alfitnati saqatuu wa-innadschahannama lamuhiitatun bialkafiriina
9.49. Of them is he who saith: Grant me leave (to stay at home) and tempt me not. Surely it is into temptation that they (thus) have fallen. Lo! hell is all around the disbelievers. (Pickthall)
9.49. Und unter ihnen ist mancher, der sagt: "Gib mir Erlaubnis und versuche mich nicht!" Sind sie nicht in Versuchung gefallen? Und die Hölle ist ja bestimmt ein Erfassen der Glaubensverweigerer. (Ahmad v. Denffer)
9.49. Unter ihnen gibt es manche, die sagen: "Erlaube mir (, zurückzubleiben) und setze mich nicht der Versuchung aus!" Dabei sind sie doch in Versuchung gefallen. Und wahrlich, die Hölle umfaßt die Ungläubigen. (Bubenheim)
9.49. Manch einer unter ihnen sagt dir: "Erlaube mir zurückzubleiben, und setze mich nicht der Versuchung aus!" Er ist damit schon der Versuchung verfallen. Die Hölle wird alle Ungläubigen umschließen. (Azhar)
9.49. Und manch einer von ihnen sagt: „Gewähre mir Erlaubnis (zurückzubleiben) und setze mich keiner Fitna aus!“ Doch sie sind bereits in die Fitna gefallen. Und gewiss Dschahannam umfasst unweigerlich die Kafir. (Zaidan)
9.49. Und unter ihnen gibt es welche, die sagen: "Gib mir Dispens und setz mich nicht der Versuchung aus!" Sind sie (denn) nicht (bereits) in Versuchung gefallen? Die Hölle wird (dereinst) die Ungläubigen (allesamt) umfassen. (Paret)
9.49. Und unter ihnen ist so mancher, der sagt: "Erlaube mir (zurückzubleiben), und stelle mich nicht auf die Probe." Hört! Ihre Probe hat sie ja schon ereilt. Und wahrlich, Dschahannam wird die Ungläubigen einschließen. (Rasul)
Tafsir von Maududi für die Ayaat 46 bis 49
If they had really intended to march forth, they would surely have made some preparation for it. But Allah was averse to their going forth; ( 47 ) and He caused them to hold back, and it was said to them, "Stay behind with those who stay behind." Had they gone forth with you, they would have added nothing but mischief to you and they would have made strenuous efforts to sow discord among your ranks; yet there are among you some who listen to them but Allah knows these mischief-makers full well. Even before this, these people had striven to stir up mischief and turn by turn they practised all sorts of devices to make you unsuccessful, until the Truth prevailed and Allah's design was fulfilled, though they were averse to it. There is such a one among them, who says, "Give me leave to stay behind and do not expose me to temptations. " ( 48 ) ---Note it well that such people have already succumbed to temptations ( 49 ) and Hell has encircled these disbelivers. ( 50 )
Desc No: 47 Allah held them back for He did not like that they should join Jihad unwillingly without any sincere intention for it. As they had no mind to make sacrifices to exalt the cause of Islam, and, therefore, would have taken part in it. half-heartedly to escape the taunts of the Muslims or to create mischief, this would have resulted in a greater evil, as has been stated explicitly in the next verse (48).
Desc No: 48 Some of the hypocrites, who were requesting the Holy Prophet to give them leave to stay behind on one pretext or the other, were so impudent that they were inventing excuses of a religious or moral nature for refraining from jihad in the Way of Allah. One of these was Jad-bin-Qais, who, according to traditions came to the Holy Prophet and said. "I am a lover of beauty and my people know that I am very weak in regard to women: therefore I am afraid to go forth lest the beauty of the Roman women should beguile me into sin. Therefore ".... do not expose me to temptations."
Desc No: 49 Though they wanted exemption, they had already fallen a prey to the temptations of telling lies, of double dealings and hypocrisy. They deluded themselves that they would be considered pious people, if they would put forward the fear of temptations to avoid Jihad, when, in fact; they had already fallen into the greatest possible temptation of refraining from Jihad in the conflict between Islam and kufr.
Desc No: 50 That is, "Such a show of piety has not taken them away from Hell; nay, on the other hand, the same thing has caused them to be entangled in the clutches of Hell. "