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Ayah 246

Surah Al-Baqara

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 Allah "? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if fighting was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allah when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.﴿246

Translation

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 Allah "? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if fighting was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allah when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.

Simplified Tafsir

ألم تعلم -أيها الرسول- قصة الأشراف والوجهاء من بني إسرائيل من بعد زمان موسى؛ حين طلبوا من نبيهم أن يولي عليهم ملكا، يجتمعون تحت قيادته، ويقاتلون أعداءهم في سبيل الله. قال لهم نبيهم: هل الأمر كما أتوقعه إنْ فُرِض عليكم القتال في سبيل الله أنكم لا تقاتلون؛ فإني أتوقع جبنكم وفراركم من القتال، قالوا مستنكرين توقع نبيهم: وأي مانع يمنعنا عن القتال في سبيل الله، وقد أَخْرَجَنَا عدوُّنا من ديارنا، وأبعدنا عن أولادنا بالقتل والأسر؟ فلما فرض الله عليهم القتال مع الملِك الذي عيَّنه لهم جَبُنوا وفرُّوا عن القتال، إلا قليلا منهم ثبتوا بفضل الله. والله عليم بالظالمين الناكثين عهودهم.

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