2: Surah Al-Baqarah - Part 118
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أَلَمْ
alam
Did not
تَرَ
tara
you see
إِلَى
ilā
[towards]
ٱلْمَلَإِ
l-mala-i
the chiefs
مِنۢ
min
of
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
مُوسَىٰٓ
mūsā
Musa
إِذْ
idh
when
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
لِنَبِىٍّۢ
linabiyyin
to a Prophet
لَّهُمُ
lahumu
of theirs
ٱبْعَثْ
ib'ʿath
Appoint
لَنَا
lanā
for us
مَلِكًۭا
malikan
a king
نُّقَـٰتِلْ
nuqātil
we may fight
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
قَالَ
qāla
He said
هَلْ
hal
Would
عَسَيْتُمْ
ʿasaytum
you perhaps
إِن
in
if
كُتِبَ
kutiba
prescribed
عَلَيْكُمُ
ʿalaykumu
upon you
ٱلْقِتَالُ
l-qitālu
[the] fighting
أَلَّا
allā
that not
تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ ۖ
tuqātilū
you fight
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
وَمَا
wamā
And what
لَنَآ
lanā
for us
أَلَّا
allā
that not
نُقَـٰتِلَ
nuqātila
we fight
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَقَدْ
waqad
while surely
أُخْرِجْنَا
ukh'rij'nā
we have been driven
مِن
min
from
دِيَـٰرِنَا
diyārinā
our homes
وَأَبْنَآئِنَا ۖ
wa-abnāinā
and our children
فَلَمَّا
falammā
Yet, when
كُتِبَ
kutiba
was prescribed
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
upon them
ٱلْقِتَالُ
l-qitālu
the fighting
تَوَلَّوْا۟
tawallaw
they turned away
إِلَّا
illā
except
قَلِيلًۭا
qalīlan
a few
مِّنْهُمْ ۗ
min'hum
among them
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلِيمٌۢ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knowing
بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
bil-ẓālimīna
of the wrongdoers
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