The Holy Quran provides two reasons for the appointment of...
The Holy Quran provides two reasons for the appointment of Talut as the commander: His superiority in knowledge; His physical and bodily strength by which he could work for people under severe conditions (the necessity of this physical condition has been proved by experience in the past and has become a proverb, which says: true wisdom is located inside a healthy body).
Now observe the text of the verse: ﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفاهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ زادَهُ بَسْطَةً فِي الْعِلْمِ وَ الْجِسْمِ ﴾ “Surely Allah has chosen him in preference to you and he has increased him abundantly in knowledge and physique”. [^10] While Imam Ali (as) was speaking to a group of soldiers and army officers to invite them for Holy wars he used the above verse to prove his merit and worthiness in the management of the affairs of the Islamic community, saying: O people!
Follow and obey the Quran which was revealed to your prophet. By God, we still read in the Holy Quran that after the demise of Moses, a group of Isralites asked their prophet to ask God to send them a governor and…
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