Overall meaning : Allah Almighty says to His Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: Whenever a surah of the Qur’an is revealed enjoining people to believe in Allah and to fight along with His Messenger, the wealthy among the hypocrites ask you to exempt them, saying, ‘Let us stay with those who are to stay behind.’ They are content to stay at home with women without a legitimate excuse, and so Allah has set a seal upon their hearts, leaving them bereft of comprehending His admonitions and of realising that fighting for His cause is far better for them.
But it does not really matter if these hypocrites choose not to go forth to war and fight for Allah’s cause, for the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his companions—who are far better than them—have undertaken this noble task and striven hard with their possessions and their persons. These will surely have numerous blessings and good things in this world and in the hereafter, and they have attained the bliss they have sought. Allah has made ready for them gardens underneath whose trees and mansions rivers flow, to dwell in them for all eternity. That is the ultimate success.