Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 246
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لِنَبِىٍّ لَّهُمُ ٱبْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكًا نُّقَـٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ أَلَّا تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ ۖ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا لَنَآ أَلَّا نُقَـٰتِلَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ أُخْرِجْنَا مِن دِيَـٰرِنَا وَأَبْنَآئِنَا ۖ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْا۟ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Have you not considered the assembly of the Children of Israel after [the time of] Moses when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Send to us a king, and we will fight in the way of Allāh"? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if battle was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allāh when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when battle was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
Word by word
- أَلَمْalamDid not
- تَرَtarayou see
- إِلَىilā[towards]
- ٱلْمَلَإِl-mala-ithe chiefs
- مِنۢminof
- بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children
- إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
- إِذْidhwhen
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
- لِنَبِىٍّۢlinabiyyinto a Prophet
- لَّهُمُlahumuof theirs
- ٱبْعَثْib'ʿathAppoint
- لَنَاlanāfor us
- مَلِكًۭاmalikana king
- نُّقَـٰتِلْnuqātilwe may fight
- فِىfīin
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
- ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
- قَالَqālaHe said
- هَلْhalWould
- عَسَيْتُمْʿasaytumyou perhaps
- إِنinif
- كُتِبَkutibaprescribed
- عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuupon you
- ٱلْقِتَالُl-qitālu[the] fighting
- أَلَّاallāthat not
- تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ ۖtuqātilūyou fight
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- وَمَاwamāAnd what
- لَنَآlanāfor us
- أَلَّاallāthat not
- نُقَـٰتِلَnuqātilawe fight
- فِىfīin
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَقَدْwaqadwhile surely
- أُخْرِجْنَاukh'rij'nāwe have been driven
- مِنminfrom
- دِيَـٰرِنَاdiyārināour homes
- وَأَبْنَآئِنَا ۖwa-abnāināand our children
- فَلَمَّاfalammāYet, when
- كُتِبَkutibawas prescribed
- عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon them
- ٱلْقِتَالُl-qitāluthe fighting
- تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned away
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few
- مِّنْهُمْ ۗmin'humamong them
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
- بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَbil-ẓālimīnaof the wrongdoers
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