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

Have you not seen those chiefs of the Children of Israel after Moses? They said to one of their prophets, “Appoint for us a king, ˹and˺ we will fight in the cause of Allah.” He said, “Are you not going to cower if ordered to fight?” They replied, “How could we refuse to fight in the cause of Allah, while we were driven out of our homes and ˹separated from˺ our children?” But when they were ordered to fight, they fled, except for a few of them. And Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of the wrongdoers.