The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
Page #41
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فَلَمَّا
فَصَلَ
طَالُوتُ
بِالْجُنُودِ
قَالَ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
مُبْتَلِيكُم
بِنَهَرٍ
فَمَن
شَرِبَ
مِنْهُ
فَلَيْسَ
مِنِّي
وَمَن
لَّمْ
يَطْعَمْهُ
فَإِنَّهُ
مِنِّي
إِلَّا
مَنِ
اغْتَرَفَ
غُرْفَةً
بِيَدِهِ
فَشَرِبُوا
مِنْهُ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلًا
مِّنْهُمْ
فَلَمَّا
جَاوَزَهُ
هُوَ
وَالَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا
مَعَهُ
قَالُوا
لَا
طَاقَةَ
لَنَا
الْيَوْمَ
بِجَالُوتَ
وَجُنُودِهِ
قَالَ
الَّذِينَ
يَظُنُّونَ
أَنَّهُم
مُّلَاقُو
اللَّهِ
كَم
مِّن
فِئَةٍ
قَلِيلَةٍ
غَلَبَتْ
فِئَةً
كَثِيرَةً
بِإِذْنِ
اللَّهِ
وَاللَّهُ
مَعَ
الصَّابِرِينَ
fa-lammā faṣala ṭālūtu bi-l-junūdi qāla ʾinna llāha mubtalīkum bi-naharin fa-man shariba minhu fa-laysa minnī wa-man lam yaṭʿamhu fa-ʾinnahū minnī ʾillā mani ghtarafa ghurfatan bi-yadihī fa-sharibū minhu ʾillā qalīlan minhum fa-lammā jāwazahū huwa wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū maʿahū qālū lā ṭāqata lanā l-yawma bi-jālūta wa-junūdihī qāla lladhīna yaẓunnūna ʾannahum mulāqū llāhi kam min fiʾatin qalīlatin ghalabat fiʾatan kathīratan bi-ʾidhni llāhi wa-llāhu maʿa ṣ-ṣābirīna
As Saul set out with the troops, he said, ‘Allah will test you with a stream: anyone who drinks from it will not belong to me, but those who do not drink from it will belong to me, barring someone who draws a scoop with his hand.’ But they drank from it, [all] except a few of them. So when he crossed it along with the faithful who were with him, they said, ‘We have no strength today against Goliath and his troops.’ Those who were certain that they would encounter Allah said, ‘How many a small party has overcome a larger party by Allah’s will! And Allah is with the patient.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
When Talut set forth with the armies, he said: "Allah will test you at the stream: if any drinks of its water, He goes not with my army: Only those who taste not of it go with me: A mere sip out of the hand is excused." but they all drank of it, except a few. When they crossed the river,- He and the faithful ones with him,- they said: "This day We cannot cope with Goliath and his forces." but those who were convinced that they must meet Allah, said: "How oft, by Allah's will, Hath a small force vanquished a big one? Allah is with those who steadfastly persevere."
