About the Surah
Surah Title : البقرة
English Title : Al-Baqarah
Order in Al-Mushaf : 2
Number of Verses : 286
Type : madinah
Page Number in Al-Mushaf : From Page 2 To Page 49
Al-Baqarah
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
246Did you not see the group of the Children of Israel after the time of Musa ( ), when they said to their Prophet: “Appoint a king for us so that we may fight in the Path of Allah?” Their Prophet said: “It not possible that you don’t fight after the fighting is prescribed for you.” They said: “Why should we not fight in the Path of Allah when we have been expelled from our homeland and, we are kept away from our children?” When fighting was prescribed for them, most of them turned away with the exception of very few of them. And Allah is All-Knower of the wrong-doers.
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