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Ayah 249

Surah Al-Baqara

And when Saul went forth with the soldiers, he said, "Indeed, Allah 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 Allah said, "How many a small company has overcome a large company by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the patient."﴿249

Translation

And when Saul went forth with the soldiers, he said, "Indeed, Allah 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 Allah said, "How many a small company has overcome a large company by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the patient."

Simplified Tafsir

فلما خرج طالوت بجنوده لقتال العمالقة قال لهم: إن الله ممتحنكم على الصبر بنهر أمامكم تعبرونه؛ ليتميَّز المؤمن من المنافق، فمن شرب منكم من ماء النهر فليس مني، ولا يصلح للجهاد معي، ومن لم يذق الماء فإنه مني؛ لأنه مطيع لأمري وصالح للجهاد، إلا مَن ترخَّص واغترف غُرْفة واحدة بيده فلا لوم عليه. فلما وصلوا إلى النهر انكبوا على الماء، وأفرطوا في الشرب منه، إلا عددًا قليلا منهم صبروا على العطش والحر، واكتفوا بغُرْفة اليد، وحينئذ تخلف العصاة. ولما عبر طالوت النهر هو والقلة المؤمنة معه -وهم ثلاثمائة وبضعة عشر رجلا لملاقاة العدو، ورأوا كثرة عدوهم وعدَّتهم، قالوا: لا قدرة لنا اليوم بجالوت وجنوده الأشداء، فأجاب الذين يوقنون بلقاء الله، يُذَكِّرون إخوانهم بالله وقدرته قائلين: كم من جماعة قليلة مؤمنة صابرة، غلبت بإذن الله وأمره جماعة كثيرة كافرة باغية. والله مع الصابرين بتوفيقه ونصره، وحسن مثوبته.

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