The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
Page #40
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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
Have you not regarded the elite of the Israelites after Moses, when they said to their prophet, ‘Appoint for us a king that we may fight in the way of Allah.’ He said, ‘May it not be that you will not fight if fighting were prescribed for you?’ They said, ‘Why should we not fight in the way of Allah, when we have been expelled from our homes and [separated from] our children?’ So when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned back except a few of them, and Allah knows well the wrongdoers.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Hast thou not Turned thy vision to the Chiefs of the Children of Israel after (the time of) Moses? they said to a prophet (That was) among them: "Appoint for us a king, that we May fight in the cause of Allah." He said: "Is it not possible, if ye were commanded to fight, that that ye will not fight?" They said: "How could we refuse to fight in the cause of Allah, seeing that we were turned out of our homes and our families?" but when they were commanded to fight, they turned back, except a small band among them. But Allah Has full knowledge of those who do wrong.
