Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 249

  1. فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِالْجُنُودِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُمْ بِنَهَرٍ فَمَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي وَمَنْ لَمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي إِلَّا مَنِ اغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةً بِيَدِهِ ۚ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِنْهُمْ ۚ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ هُوَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ قَالُوا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا الْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِ ۚ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُلَاقُو اللَّهِ كَمْ مِنْ فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةً بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ

    Translation by words

    فَلَمَّا
    Then when
    فَصَلَ
    set out
    طَالُوتُ
    Talut
    بِٱلْجُنُودِ
    with the forces
    قَالَ
    he said,
    إِنَّ
    "Indeed,
    ٱللَّهَ
    Allah
    مُبْتَلِيكُم
    will test you
    بِنَهَرٍ
    with a river.
    فَمَن
    So whoever
    شَرِبَ
    drinks
    مِنْهُ
    from it
    فَلَيْسَ
    then he is not
    مِنِّى
    from me,
    وَمَن
    and whoever
    لَّمْ
    (does) not
    يَطْعَمْهُ
    taste it
    فَإِنَّهُۥ
    then indeed, he
    مِنِّىٓ
    (is) from me
    إِلَّا
    except
    مَنِ
    whoever
    ٱغْتَرَفَ
    takes
    غُرْفَةًۢ
    (in the) hollow
    بِيَدِهِۦ
    (of) his hand."
    فَشَرِبُوا۟
    Then they drank
    مِنْهُ
    from it
    إِلَّا
    except
    قَلِيلًا
    a few
    مِّنْهُمْ
    of them.
    فَلَمَّا
    Then when
    جَاوَزَهُۥ
    he crossed it,
    هُوَ
    he
    وَٱلَّذِينَ
    and those who
    ءَامَنُوا۟
    believed
    مَعَهُۥ
    with him,
    قَالُوا۟
    they said,
    لَا
    "No
    طَاقَةَ
    strength
    لَنَا
    for us
    ٱلْيَوْمَ
    today
    بِجَالُوتَ
    against Jalut
    وَجُنُودِهِۦ
    and his troops."
    قَالَ
    Said
    ٱلَّذِينَ
    those who
    يَظُنُّونَ
    were certain
    أَنَّهُم
    that they
    مُّلَٰقُوا۟
    (would) meet
    ٱللَّهِ
    Allah,
    كَم
    "How many
    مِّن
    of
    فِئَةٍ
    a company
    قَلِيلَةٍ
    small
    غَلَبَتْ
    overcame
    فِئَةً
    a company
    كَثِيرَةًۢ
    large
    بِإِذْنِ
    by (the) permission
    ٱللَّهِ
    (of) Allah.
    وَٱللَّهُ
    And Allah
    مَعَ
    (is) with
    ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
    the patient ones."

    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."

    2:249

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow)