Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 251
فَهَزَمُوهُم بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَتَلَ دَاوُۥدُ جَالُوتَ وَءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُلْكَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَعَلَّمَهُۥ مِمَّا يَشَآءُ ۗ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعْضَهُم بِبَعْضٍ لَّفَسَدَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
So they defeated them by permission of Allāh, and David killed Goliath, and Allāh gave him the kingship and wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and taught him from that which He willed. And if it were not for Allāh checking [some] people by means of others, the earth would have been corrupted, but Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the worlds.
Al-Baqarah · 2:251
Word by word
- فَهَزَمُوهُمfahazamūhumSo they defeated them
- بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَقَتَلَwaqatalaand killed
- دَاوُۥدُdāwūduDawood
- جَالُوتَjālūtaJalut
- وَءَاتَىٰهُwaātāhuand gave him
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- ٱلْمُلْكَl-mul'kathe kingdom
- وَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand the wisdom
- وَعَلَّمَهُۥwaʿallamahuand taught him
- مِمَّاmimmāthat which
- يَشَآءُ ۗyashāuHe willed
- وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
- دَفْعُdafʿu(for the) repelling
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(by) Allah
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa[the] people
- بَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahumsome of them
- بِبَعْضٍۢbibaʿḍinwith others
- لَّفَسَدَتِlafasadaticertainly (would have) corrupted
- ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe Earth
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna[and] but
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- ذُوdhū(is) Possessor
- فَضْلٍfaḍlin(of) bounty
- عَلَىʿalāto
- ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds
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