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Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 249

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Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com · CC BY-ND 4.0. A translation conveys meanings; it does not replace the Arabic Quran.

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فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِٱلْجُنُودِ قَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُم بِنَهَرٍ فَمَن شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَمَن لَّمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّىٓ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةًۢ بِيَدِهِۦ ۚ فَشَرِبُوا۟ مِنْهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ ۚ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُۥ هُوَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ قَالُوا۟ لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِۦ ۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَـٰقُوا۟ ٱللَّهِ كَم مِّن فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةًۢ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

TRANSLITERATION

Falammā faṣala ṭālūtu bil-junūdi qāla innallāha mubtalīkum binahar, faman shariba minhu falaysa minnī, wamal lam yaṭʿamhu faʾinnahū minnī illā manightarafa ghurfatam biyadih, fasharibū minhu illā qalīlam minhum, falammā jāwazahū huwa wal-ladhīna āmanū maʿahū qālū lā ṭāqata lanal-yawma bijālūta wajunūdih, qālal-ladhīna yaẓunnūna annahum mulāqullāhi kam min fiʾatin qalīlatin ghalabat fiʾatan kathīratam biʾidhnillāh, wallāhu maʿaṣ-ṣābirīn

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

When Saul set out with the troops, he said, “God will be testing you with a river. Whoever drinks from it does not belong with me. But whoever does not drink from it, does belong with me, except for whoever scoops up a little with his hand.” But they drank from it, except for a few of them. Then, when he crossed it, he and those who believed with him, they said, “We have no strength to face Goliath and his troops today.” But those who knew that they would meet God said, “How many a small group has defeated a large group by God’s will. God is with the steadfast.”

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