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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al-mizan an Exegesis of the Qur'an (volume Four) Volume 4: Surah Baqarah, Verses 244-252 And fight in the way of Allah, and know that Allah is Hearing, Knowing (244). Who is it that will lend to Allah a goodly loan, so He will multiply it for him manifold, and Allah holds and extends and to Him you shall be returned (245).

Did you not see the chiefs of the children of Israel after Musa, when they said to a prophet of theirs: "Raise up for us a king (that) we may fight in the way of Allah.' He said: "May it not be that if fighting is ordained for you, you would not fight? " They said: "And what reason have we that we should not fight in the way of Allah, and we have indeed been turned out of our homes and our children.

" But when fighting was ordained for them, they turned back, except a few of them, and Allah knows the unjust (246). And their prophet said to them: "Surely Allah has raised Talut to be a king over you. " They said: "How can he hold kingship over us while we have a greater right to kingship than he, and he has not been granted an abundance of wealth?

" He said: "Surely Allah has chosen him over you, and He has increased him abundantly in knowledge and physique, and Allah grants His Kingdom to whom He pleases, and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing (247).

And their prophet said to them: "Surely the sign of his kingship is, that there shall come to You the Ark in which there is tranquility from your Lord and residue of the relics of what the family of Musa and the family of Harun have left, the angels bearing it: most surely there is a sign in this for those who believe " (248).

So when Talut departed with the forces, he said: "Surely Allah will try you with a stream; whoever then drinks from it, he is not of me, and whoever does not taste of it, he is surely of me, except he who takes with his hand as much (of it) as fills his hand," but with the exception of a few of them they drank from it. So when he had crossed it. he and those who believed with him, they said - "We have today no power against Goliath and his forces.

" Those who thought that they would meet their Lord said: "How often has a small party vanquished a numerous host by Allah's permission, and Allah is with the patient ones " (249). And when they went out against Goliath and his forces they said: "Our Lord, pour down upon us patience, and make out feet firm and help us against the unbelieving people " (250).