The Cow — Verse 247

2:247 · al-Baqarah

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وَقَالَ waqāla
And said V
لَهُمْ lahum
to them Noun
نَبِيُّهُمْ nabiyyuhum
their Prophet Noun
إِنَّ inna
Indeed Prep
ٱللَّهَ l-laha
Allah Noun
قَدْ qad
(has) surely Prep
بَعَثَ baʿatha
raised V
لَكُمْ lakum
for you Noun
طَالُوتَ ṭālūta
Talut Noun
مَلِكًا malikan
(as) a king Noun
قَالُوٓا۟ qālū
They said V
أَنَّىٰ annā
How Noun
يَكُونُ yakūnu
can be V
لَهُ lahu
for him Noun
ٱلْمُلْكُ l-mul'ku
the kingship Noun
عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā
over us Prep
وَنَحْنُ wanaḥnu
while we Noun
أَحَقُّ aḥaqqu
(are) more entitled Noun
بِٱلْمُلْكِ bil-mul'ki
to kingship Noun
مِنْهُ min'hu
than him Prep
وَلَمْ walam
and not Prep
يُؤْتَ yu'ta
he has been given V
سَعَةً saʿatan
abundance Noun
مِّنَ mina
of Prep
ٱلْمَالِ l-māli
[the] wealth Noun
قَالَ qāla
He said V
إِنَّ inna
Indeed Prep
ٱللَّهَ l-laha
Allah Noun
ٱصْطَفَىٰهُ iṣ'ṭafāhu
has chosen him V
عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum
over you Prep
وَزَادَهُۥ wazādahu
and increased him V
بَسْطَةً basṭatan
abundantly Noun
فِى fī
in Prep
ٱلْعِلْمِ l-ʿil'mi
[the] knowledge Noun
وَٱلْجِسْمِ wal-jis'mi
and [the] physique Noun
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu
And Allah Noun
يُؤْتِى yu'tī
gives V
مُلْكَهُۥ mul'kahu
His kingdom Noun
مَن man
(to) whom Noun
يَشَآءُ yashāu
He wills V
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu
And Allah Noun
وَٰسِعٌ wāsiʿun
(is) All-Encompassing Noun
عَلِيمٌ ʿalīmun
All-Knowing Noun

Their prophet said to them, ‘God has now appointed Talut to be your king,’ but they said, ‘How can he be king over us when we have a greater right to rule than he? He does not even have great wealth.’ He said, ‘God has chosen him over you, and has given him great knowledge and stature. God grants His authority to whoever He pleases: God is magnanimous, all knowing.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَقَالَ لَهُمۡ نَبِیُّهُمۡ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدۡ بَعَثَ لَكُمۡ طَالُوتَ مَلِكࣰاۚ قَالُوۤا۟ أَنَّىٰ یَكُونُ لَهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ عَلَیۡنَا وَنَحۡنُ أَحَقُّ بِٱلۡمُلۡكِ مِنۡهُ وَلَمۡ یُؤۡتَ سَعَةࣰ مِّنَ ٱلۡمَالِۚ قَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰهُ عَلَیۡكُمۡ وَزَادَهُۥ بَسۡطَةࣰ فِی ٱلۡعِلۡمِ وَٱلۡجِسۡمِۖ وَٱللَّهُ یُؤۡتِی مُلۡكَهُۥ مَن یَشَاۤءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ وَ ٰسِعٌ عَلِیمࣱ ۝٢٤٧

waqāla lahum nabiyyuhum inna l-laha qad baʿatha lakum ṭālūta malikan qālū annā yakūnu lahu l-mul'ku ʿalaynā wanaḥnu aḥaqqu bil-mul'ki min'hu walam yu'ta saʿatan mina l-māli qāla inna l-laha iṣ'ṭafāhu ʿalaykum wazādahu basṭatan fī l-ʿil'mi wal-jis'mi wal-lahu yu'tī mul'kahu man yashāu wal-lahu wāsiʿun ʿalīmu

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