The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:246
أَلَمْ
تَرَ
إِلَى
الْمَلَإِ
مِن
بَنِي
إِسْرَائِيلَ
مِن
بَعْدِ
مُوسَى
إِذْ
قَالُوا
لِنَبِيٍّ
لَّهُمُ
ابْعَثْ
لَنَا
مَلِكًا
نُّقَاتِلْ
فِي
سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ
قَالَ
هَلْ
عَسَيْتُمْ
إِن
كُتِبَ
عَلَيْكُمُ
الْقِتَالُ
أَلَّا
تُقَاتِلُوا
قَالُوا
وَمَا
لَنَا
أَلَّا
نُقَاتِلَ
فِي
سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ
وَقَدْ
أُخْرِجْنَا
مِن
دِيَارِنَا
وَأَبْنَائِنَا
فَلَمَّا
كُتِبَ
عَلَيْهِمُ
الْقِتَالُ
تَوَلَّوْا
إِلَّا
قَلِيلًا
مِّنْهُمْ
وَاللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ
بِالظَّالِمِينَ
ʾa-lam tara ʾilā l-malaʾi min banī ʾisrāʾīla min baʿdi mūsā ʾidh qālū li-nabiyyin lahumu bʿath lanā malikan nuqātil fī sabīli llāhi qāla hal ʿasaytum ʾin kutiba ʿalaykumu l-qitālu ʾallā tuqātilū qālū wa-mā lanā ʾallā nuqātila fī sabīli llāhi wa-qad ʾukhrijnā min diyārinā wa-ʾabnāʾinā fa-lammā kutiba ʿalayhimu l-qitālu tawallaw ʾillā qalīlan minhum wa-llāhu ʿalīmun bi-ẓ-ẓālimīna
(Muhammad), remember that group of the Israelites after Moses who demanded a Prophet of their own to appoint a king for them who would lead them in the fight for the cause of God. Their Prophet then said, "What if you are ordered to fight and you disobey?" They said, "Why should we not fight for the cause of God when we and our sons have been expelled from our homes?" However, when they were ordered to fight, all refused except a few among them. God knows well the unjust.
