{ Those who have believed say: “Were that a surah would be sent down”; but when a surah that is firm was sent down, and fighting was mentioned in it, you saw those with sickness in their hearts look at you with the look of someone whose death is looming over them } Muhammad 20

The Most High is reporting about the Believers, how they were hoping that jihad would be prescribed, but when Allah Mighty and Sublime made it an obligation, and commanded it, many people shied away from it.