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2:246

أَلَمْ Did not تَرَ you see إِلَى [towards] ٱلْمَلَإِ the chiefs مِنۢ of بَنِىٓ (the) Children إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ (of) Israel مِنۢ from بَعْدِ after مُوسَىٰٓ Musa إِذْ when قَالُوا۟ they said لِنَبِىٍّۢ to a Prophet لَّهُمُ of theirs ٱبْعَثْ Appoint لَنَا for us مَلِكًۭا a king نُّقَـٰتِلْ we may fight فِى in سَبِيلِ (the) way ٱللَّهِ ۖ (of) Allah قَالَ He said هَلْ Would عَسَيْتُمْ you perhaps إِن if كُتِبَ prescribed عَلَيْكُمُ upon you ٱلْقِتَالُ [the] fighting أَلَّا that not تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ ۖ you fight قَالُوا۟ They said وَمَا And what لَنَآ for us أَلَّا that not نُقَـٰتِلَ we fight فِى in سَبِيلِ (the) way ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah وَقَدْ while surely أُخْرِجْنَا we have been driven مِن from دِيَـٰرِنَا our homes وَأَبْنَآئِنَا ۖ and our children فَلَمَّا Yet, when كُتِبَ was prescribed عَلَيْهِمُ upon them ٱلْقِتَالُ the fighting تَوَلَّوْا۟ they turned away إِلَّا except قَلِيلًۭا a few مِّنْهُمْ ۗ among them وَٱللَّهُ And Allah عَلِيمٌۢ (is) All-Knowing بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ of the wrongdoers ٢٤٦

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

— Come To Light

2:247

وَقَالَ And said لَهُمْ to them نَبِيُّهُمْ their Prophet إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah قَدْ (has) surely بَعَثَ raised لَكُمْ for you طَالُوتَ Talut مَلِكًۭا ۚ (as) a king قَالُوٓا۟ They said أَنَّىٰ How يَكُونُ can be لَهُ for him ٱلْمُلْكُ the kingship عَلَيْنَا over us وَنَحْنُ while we أَحَقُّ (are) more entitled بِٱلْمُلْكِ to kingship مِنْهُ than him وَلَمْ and not يُؤْتَ he has been given سَعَةًۭ abundance مِّنَ of ٱلْمَالِ ۚ [the] wealth قَالَ He said إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah ٱصْطَفَىٰهُ has chosen him عَلَيْكُمْ over you وَزَادَهُۥ and increased him بَسْطَةًۭ abundantly فِى in ٱلْعِلْمِ [the] knowledge وَٱلْجِسْمِ ۖ and [the] physique وَٱللَّهُ And Allah يُؤْتِى gives مُلْكَهُۥ His kingdom مَن (to) whom يَشَآءُ ۚ He wills وَٱللَّهُ And Allah وَٰسِعٌ (is) All-Encompassing عَلِيمٌۭ All-Knowing ٢٤٧

And their prophet said to them, "Indeed, Allāh has sent to you Saul as a king." They said, "How can he have kingship over us while we are more worthy of kingship than him and he has not been given any measure of wealth?" He said, "Indeed, Allāh has chosen him over you and has increased him abundantly in knowledge and stature. And Allāh gives His sovereignty to whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing [in favor] and Knowing."

— Come To Light

2:248

وَقَالَ And said لَهُمْ to them نَبِيُّهُمْ their Prophet إِنَّ Indeed ءَايَةَ a sign مُلْكِهِۦٓ (of) his kingship أَن (is) that يَأْتِيَكُمُ will come to you ٱلتَّابُوتُ the ark فِيهِ in it سَكِينَةٌۭ (is) tranquility مِّن from رَّبِّكُمْ your Lord وَبَقِيَّةٌۭ and a remnant مِّمَّا of what تَرَكَ (was) left ءَالُ (by the) family مُوسَىٰ (of) Musa وَءَالُ and family هَـٰرُونَ (of) Harun تَحْمِلُهُ will carry it ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ ۚ the Angels إِنَّ Indeed فِى in ذَٰلِكَ that لَـَٔايَةًۭ (is) surely a sign لَّكُمْ for you إِن if كُنتُم you are مُّؤْمِنِينَ believers ٢٤٨

And their prophet said to them, "Indeed, a sign of his kingship is that the chest will come to you in which is assurance from your Lord and a remnant of what the family of Moses and the family of Aaron had left, carried by the angels. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers."

— Come To Light

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