فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِٱلۡجُنُودِ قَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُبۡتَلِیكُم بِنَهَرࣲ فَمَن شَرِبَ مِنۡهُ فَلَیۡسَ مِنِّی وَمَن لَّمۡ یَطۡعَمۡهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّیۤ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱغۡتَرَفَ غُرۡفَةَۢ بِیَدِهِۦۚ فَشَرِبُوا۟ مِنۡهُ إِلَّا قَلِیلࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡۚ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُۥ هُوَ وَٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ قَالُوا۟ لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا ٱلۡیَوۡمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِۦۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِینَ یَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَـٰقُوا۟ ٱللَّهِ كَم مِّن فِئَةࣲ قَلِیلَةٍ غَلَبَتۡ فِئَةࣰ كَثِیرَةَۢ بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۗ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِینَ ۝٢٤٩
falammā faṣala ṭālūtu bil-junūdi qāla inna l-laha mub'talīkum binaharin faman shariba min'hu falaysa minnī waman lam yaṭʿamhu fa-innahu minnī illā mani igh'tarafa ghur'fatan biyadihi fasharibū min'hu illā qalīlan min'hum falammā jāwazahu huwa wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿahu qālū lā ṭāqata lanā l-yawma bijālūta wajunūdihi qāla alladhīna yaẓunnūna annahum mulāqū l-lahi kam min fi-atin qalīlatin ghalabat fi-atan kathīratan bi-idh'ni l-lahi wal-lahu maʿa l-ṣābirīn
Abdel Haleem: When Talut set out with his forces, he said to them, ‘God will test you with a river. Anyone who drinks from it will not belong with me, but anyone who refrains from tasting it will belong with me; if he scoops up just one handful [he will be excused].’ But they all drank [deep] from it, except for a few. When he crossed it with those who had kept faith, they said, ‘We have no strength today against Goliath and his warriors.’ But those who knew that they were going to meet their Lord said, ‘How often a small force has defeated a large army with God’s permission! God is with those who are steadfast.’

Interlinear Analysis

1
falammā
لَمّا
Root: ل م ا
Noun
2
faṣala
فَصَلَ
Root: ف ص ل
Verb
3
ṭālūtu
طالُوت
Noun
4
bil-junūdi
جُند
Root: ج ن د
Noun
5
qāla
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
6
inna
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
7
l-laha
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
8
mub'talīkum
مُبْتَلِي
Root: ب ل و
Noun
9
binaharin
نَهَر
Root: ن ه ر
Noun
10
faman
مَن
Root: م ن
Noun
11
shariba
شَرِبَ
Root: ش ر ب
Verb
12
min'hu
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
13
falaysa
لَيْسَ
Root: ل ي س
Verb
14
minnī
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
15
waman
مَن
Root: م ن
Noun
16
lam
لَم
Root: ل م
Prep.
17
yaṭʿamhu
طَعِمُ
Root: ط ع م
Verb
18
fa-innahu
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
19
minnī
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
20
illā
إِلّا
Root: إ ل ا
Prep.
21
mani
مَن
Root: م ن
Noun
22
igh'tarafa
اغْتَرَفَ
Root: غ ر ف
Verb
23
ghur'fatan
غُرْفَة
Root: غ ر ف
Noun
24
biyadihi
يَد
Root: ي د ي
Noun
25
fasharibū
شَرِبَ
Root: ش ر ب
Verb
26
min'hu
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
27
illā
إِلّا
Root: إ ل ا
Prep.
28
qalīlan
قَلِيل
Root: ق ل ل
Noun
29
min'hum
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
30
falammā
لَمّا
Root: ل م ا
Noun
31
jāwazahu
جاوَزَ
Root: ج و ز
Verb
32
هُوَ
huwa
Noun
33
wa-alladhīna
الَّذِي
Root: ا ل ذ ي
Noun
34
āmanū
آمَنَ
Root: أ م ن
Verb
35
maʿahu
مَع
Root: م ع
Noun
36
qālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
37
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
38
ṭāqata
طاقَة
Root: ط و ق
Noun
39
لَنَا
lanā
Noun
40
l-yawma
يَوْم
Root: ي و م
Noun
41
bijālūta
جالُوت
Noun
42
wajunūdihi
جُند
Root: ج ن د
Noun
43
qāla
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
44
alladhīna
الَّذِي
Root: ا ل ذ ي
Noun
45
yaẓunnūna
ظَنَّ
Root: ظ ن ن
Verb
46
annahum
أَنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
47
mulāqū
مُلاقُوا
Root: ل ق ي
Noun
48
l-lahi
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
49
kam
كَم
Root: ك م
Noun
50
min
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
51
fi-atin
فِئَة
Root: ف أ ي
Noun
52
qalīlatin
قَلِيلَة
Root: ق ل ل
Noun
53
ghalabat
غَلَبُ
Root: غ ل ب
Verb
54
fi-atan
فِئَة
Root: ف أ ي
Noun
55
kathīratan
كَثِيرَة
Root: ك ث ر
Noun
56
bi-idh'ni
إِذْن
Root: أ ذ ن
Noun
57
l-lahi
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
58
wal-lahu
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
59
maʿa
مَع
Root: م ع
Noun
60
l-ṣābirīna
صابِر
Root: ص ب ر
Noun