The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:247
وَقَالَ
لَهُمْ
نَبِيُّهُمْ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
قَدْ
بَعَثَ
لَكُمْ
طَالُوتَ
مَلِكًا
قَالُوا
أَنَّى
يَكُونُ
لَهُ
الْمُلْكُ
عَلَيْنَا
وَنَحْنُ
أَحَقُّ
بِالْمُلْكِ
مِنْهُ
وَلَمْ
يُؤْتَ
سَعَةً
مِّنَ
الْمَالِ
قَالَ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
اصْطَفَاهُ
عَلَيْكُمْ
وَزَادَهُ
بَسْطَةً
فِي
الْعِلْمِ
وَالْجِسْمِ
وَاللَّهُ
يُؤْتِي
مُلْكَهُ
مَن
يَشَاءُ
وَاللَّهُ
وَاسِعٌ
عَلِيمٌ
wa-qāla lahum nabiyyuhum ʾinna llāha qad baʿatha lakum ṭālūta malikan qālū ʾannā yakūnu lahu l-mulku ʿalaynā wa-naḥnu ʾaḥaqqu bi-l-mulki minhu wa-lam yuʾta saʿatan mina l-māli qāla ʾinna llāha ṣṭafāhu ʿalaykum wa-zādahū basṭatan fī l-ʿilmi wa-l-jismi wa-llāhu yuʾtī mulkahū man yashāʾu wa-llāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīmun
Their Prophet said, "God has appointed Saul as a king for you." They replied, "How can he dominate us when we deserve more to be king than he. Besides, he does not have abundant wealth." Their Prophet said, "God has chosen him as your ruler and has given him physical power and knowledge. God grants His authority to anyone whom He wants. God is Provident and All-knowing.
