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Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 246

Quran 2:246 · The Cow · Medinan · Juz 2

2:246

Arabic

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الْمَلَاِ مِنْۢ بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مُوْسٰىۘ اِذْ قَالُوْا لِنَبِيٍّ لَّهُمُ ابْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكًا نُّقَاتِلْ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ ۗ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ اِنْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ اَلَّا تُقَاتِلُوْا ۗ قَالُوْا وَمَا لَنَآ اَلَّا نُقَاتِلَ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ وَقَدْاُخْرِجْنَا مِنْ دِيَارِنَا وَاَبْنَاۤىِٕنَا ۗ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْا اِلَّا قَلِيْلًا مِّنْهُمْ ۗوَاللّٰهُ عَلِيْمٌ ۢبِالظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٢٤٦

Transliteration

Alam taro ilal-mala'i mim banī isrō-īla mim ba‘di mūsā, iż qōlū linabiyyil lahumub‘aṡ lanā malikan nuqōtil fī sabīlillāh, qōla hal ‘asaitum in kutiba ‘alaikumul-qitālu allā tuqōtilū, qōlū wa mā lanā allā nuqōtila fī sabīlillāhi wa qod ukhrijnā min diyārinā wa abnā-inā, falammā kutiba ‘alaihimul-qitālu tawallau illā qolīlam minhum, wallāhu ‘alīmum biẓ-ẓōlimīn

Meaning

Have you not considered the notables of the Children of Israel after Moses? When they said to a prophet of theirs, “Appoint a king for us, and we will fight in the cause of Allah.” He said, “Is it possible that, if fighting was ordained for you, you would not fight?” They said, “Why would we not fight in the cause of Allah, when we were driven out of our homes, along with our children?” But when fighting was ordained for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. But Allah is aware of the wrongdoers.

Surah Al-Baqarah verse 246 (Quran 2:246) is verse 246 of the 286 verses of Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), a Medinan surah that is number 2 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 2.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).