So when Talut left the city along with the armies, he said, “Allah will surely test you with a river; so whoever drinks its water is not mine – and whoever does not drink is mine – except him who takes it in the hollow of his hand”; so they all drank it, except a few of them; thereafter when Talut and the believers with him had crossed the river, they said, “We do not have power this day to face Jalut (Goliath) and his armies”; those who were certain of meeting Allah said, “Many a times has a smaller group overcome a bigger group by Allah’s command; and Allah is with the steadfast.”
پس همين كه طالوت با سپاهيان به راه افتاد گفت: خدا شما را به نهر آبى امتحان مى‌كند، پس هر كه از آن بنوشد از من نيست و هر كه از آن نخورد از من است، مگر كسى كه به اندازه‌ى كف دستى بياشامد. ولى همه از آن نوشيدند جز شمار اندكى از ايشان. و زمانى كه او و م