أَلَمۡ

تَرَ

إِلَى

ٱلۡمَلَإِ

مِنۢ

بَنِيٓ

إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِ

مُوسَىٰٓ

إِذۡ

قَالُواْ

لِنَبِيّٖ

لَّهُمُ

ٱبۡعَثۡ

لَنَا

مَلِكٗا

نُّقَٰتِلۡ

فِي

سَبِيلِ

ٱللَّهِۖ

قَالَ

هَلۡ

عَسَيۡتُمۡ

إِن

كُتِبَ

عَلَيۡكُمُ

ٱلۡقِتَالُ

أَلَّا

تُقَٰتِلُواْۖ

قَالُواْ

وَمَا

لَنَآ

أَلَّا

نُقَٰتِلَ

فِي

سَبِيلِ

ٱللَّهِ

وَقَدۡ

أُخۡرِجۡنَا

مِن

دِيَٰرِنَا

وَأَبۡنَآئِنَاۖ

فَلَمَّا

كُتِبَ

عَلَيۡهِمُ

ٱلۡقِتَالُ

تَوَلَّوۡاْ

إِلَّا

قَلِيلٗا

مِّنۡهُمۡۚ

وَٱللَّهُ

عَلِيمُۢ

بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

٢٤٦

 246. Have you not thought about the group of the Children of Israel after (the time of) Mûsâ (Moses)? When they said to a Prophet of theirs, "Appoint for us a king and we will fight in Allâh’s Way." He said, "Would you then refrain from fighting, if fighting was prescribed for you?" They said, "Why should we not fight in Allâh’s Way while we have been driven out of our homes and our children (families have been taken as captives)?" But when fighting was ordered for them, they turned away, all except a few of them. And Allâh is All-Aware of the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).