Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 249
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
And when Saul went forth with the soldiers, he said, "Indeed, Allāh will be testing you with a river. So whoever drinks from it is not of me, and whoever does not taste it is indeed of me, excepting one who takes [from it] in the hollow of his hand." But they drank from it, except a [very] few of them. Then when he had crossed it along with those who believed with him, they said, "There is no power for us today against Goliath and his soldiers." But those who were certain that they would meet Allāh said, "How many a small company has overcome a large company by permission of Allāh. And Allāh is with the patient."
Word by word
- فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
- فَصَلَfaṣalaset out
- طَالُوتُṭālūtuTalut
- بِٱلْجُنُودِbil-junūdiwith the forces
- قَالَqālahe said
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- مُبْتَلِيكُمmub'talīkumwill test you
- بِنَهَرٍۢbinaharinwith a river
- فَمَنfamanSo whoever
- شَرِبَsharibadrinks
- مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
- فَلَيْسَfalaysathen he is not
- مِنِّىminnīfrom me
- وَمَنwamanand whoever
- لَّمْlam(does) not
- يَطْعَمْهُyaṭʿamhutaste it
- فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed, he
- مِنِّىٓminnī(is) from me
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَنِmaniwhoever
- ٱغْتَرَفَigh'tarafatakes
- غُرْفَةًۢghur'fatan(in the) hollow
- بِيَدِهِۦ ۚbiyadihi(of) his hand
- فَشَرِبُوا۟fasharibūThen they drank
- مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few
- مِّنْهُمْ ۚmin'humof them
- فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
- جَاوَزَهُۥjāwazahuhe crossed it
- هُوَhuwahe
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
- مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
- لَاlāNo
- طَاقَةَṭāqatastrength
- لَنَاlanāfor us
- ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
- بِجَالُوتَbijālūtaagainst Jalut
- وَجُنُودِهِۦ ۚwajunūdihiand his troops
- قَالَqālaSaid
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- يَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūnawere certain
- أَنَّهُمannahumthat they
- مُّلَـٰقُوا۟mulāqū(would) meet
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- كَمkamHow many
- مِّنminof
- فِئَةٍۢfi-atina company
- قَلِيلَةٍqalīlatinsmall
- غَلَبَتْghalabatovercame
- فِئَةًۭfi-atana company
- كَثِيرَةًۢkathīratanlarge
- بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission
- ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- مَعَmaʿa(is) with
- ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe patient ones
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