أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ قَالُواْ لِنَبِىٍّ لَّهُمُ ٱبْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكًا نُّقَٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ أَلَّا تُقَٰتِلُواْ ۖ قَالُواْ وَمَا لَنَآ أَلَّا نُقَٰتِلَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ أُخْرِجْنَا مِن دِيَٰرِنَا وَأَبْنَآئِنَا ۖ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْاْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
əлəм тəрō илəəль-мəлə`и мимм-бəнии исрōō`иилə мимм-бə'ди муусəə из̃ ќōōлюю линəбиййиль-лəhуму-б'əc̃ лəнəə мəликəн-ннуќōōтиль фии сəбиилиль-лəh, ќōōлə həль 'əсəйтум иŋŋ-кутибə 'əлэйкумуль-ќитəəлю əльлəə туќōōтилюу, ќōōлюю вəмəə лəнəə əльлəə нуќōōтилə фии сəбиилиль-лəhи вəќōд ухриджнəə миŋŋ-дийəəринəə вə`əбнəə`инəə, фəлəммəə кутибə 'əлэйhимуль-ќитəəлю тəвəльлəу ильлəə ќōлиилəмм-минhум, вəл-лаhу 'əлиимумм-биз̃-з̃ōōлимиин
Have you not regarded the elite of the Israelites after Moses, when they said to their prophet, ‘Appoint for us a king that we may fight in the way of Allah.’ He said, ‘May it not be that you will not fight if fighting were prescribed for you?’ They said, ‘Why should we not fight in the way of Allah, when we have been expelled from our homes and [separated from] our children?’ So when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned back except a few of them, and Allah knows well the wrongdoers.
وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ بَعَثَ لَكُمْ طَالُوتَ مَلِكًا ۚ قَالُوٓاْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِٱلْمُلْكِ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ سَعَةً مِّنَ ٱلْمَالِ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَزَادَهُۥ بَسْطَةً فِى ٱلْعِلْمِ وَٱلْجِسْمِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يُؤْتِى مُلْكَهُۥ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ
вəќōōлə лəhум нəбиййуhум иннəл-лаhə ќōд бə'əc̃ə лəкум тōōлюютə мəликə, ќōōлюю əннəə йəкууну лəhуль-мульку 'əлэйнəə вəнəhну əhəќќу би-ль-мульки минhу вəлəм йу`тə сə'əтəмм-минəль-мəəль, ќōōлə иннəл-лаhə-стōфəəhу 'əлэйкум вəзəəдəhу бəстōтəн фииль-'ильми вəəльджисм, вəл-лаhу йу`тии мулькəhу мəй-йəшəə, вəл-лаhу вəəси'ун 'əлиим
Their prophet said to them, ‘Allah has appointed Saul as king for you.’ They said, ‘How can he have kingship over us, when we have a greater right to kingship than him, as he has not been given ample wealth?’ He said, ‘Indeed Allah has chosen him over you, and enhanced him vastly in knowledge and physique, and Allah gives His kingdom to whomever He wishes, and Allah is all-bounteous, all-knowing.’
وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ ءَايَةَ مُلْكِهِۦٓ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلتَّابُوتُ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ مُوسَىٰ وَءَالُ هَٰرُونَ تَحْمِلُهُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
вəќōōлə лəhум нəбиййуhум иннə əəйəтə мулькиhи əй-йə`тийəкумут-тəəбууту фииhи сəкиинəтумм-мир-рōббикум вəбəќиййəтумм-миммəə тəрōкə əəлю муусəə вə`əəлю həəруунə тəhмилюhуль-мəлəə`икəh, иннə фии з̃əəликə лə`əəйəтəль-лəкум иŋŋ-куŋŋтум-му`миниин
Their prophet said to them, ‘Indeed the sign of his kingship shall be that the Ark will come to you, bearing tranquillity from your Lord and the relics left behind by the House of Moses and the House of Aaron, borne by the angels. There is indeed a sign in that for you, should you be faithful.’