The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
Page #40
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 to them, ‘Allah has appointed Saul as king for you.’ They said, ‘How can he have kingship over us, when we have a greater right to kingship than him, as he has not been given ample wealth?’ He said, ‘Indeed Allah has chosen him over you, and enhanced him vastly in knowledge and physique, and Allah gives His kingdom to whomever He wishes, and Allah is all-bounteous, all-knowing.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Their Prophet said to them: "Allah hath appointed Talut as king over you." They said: "How can he exercise authority over us when we are better fitted than he to exercise authority, and he is not even gifted, with wealth in abundance?" He said: "Allah hath Chosen him above you, and hath gifted him abundantly with knowledge and bodily prowess: Allah Granteth His authority to whom He pleaseth. Allah careth for all, and He knoweth all things."
