أَلَمْ
تَرَ
إِلَى
ٱلْمَلَإِ
مِنۢ
بَنِىٓ
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
مِنۢ
بَعْدِ
مُوسَىٰٓ
إِذْ
قَالُوا۟
لِنَبِىٍّۢ
لَّهُمُ
ٱبْعَثْ
لَنَا
مَلِكًۭا
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
قَلِيلًۭا
مِّنْهُمْ ۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌۢ
بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
٢٤٦
[Prophet], consider the leaders of the Children of Israel who came after Moses, when they said to one of their prophets, ‘Set up a king for us and we shall fight in God’s cause.’ He said, ‘But could it be that you would not fight, if it were ordained for you?’ They said, ‘How could we not fight in God’s cause when we and our children have been driven out of our homeland?’ Yet when they were commanded to fight, all but a few of them turned away: God has full knowledge of those who do wrong.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem