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And had they been invaded in it, namely, Medina, from all sides and had they been exhorted, in other words, had the invaders exhorted them, to treachery, [a return to] idolatrous ways, they would have committed it (read la-ātawhā, or la-atawhā, meaning, 'they would have offered it', or 'they would have committed it' [respectively]) and would have hesitated thereupon but a little.