And when Saul marched out with his army, he said: 'Allah will test you with a river. He who drinks from it shall cease to be one of mine but he who does not drink from it, except he who scoops up once with his hand, shall be of mine' But for a few of them, they all drank from it. And when he had crossed it with those who believed, they said: 'We have no power this day against Goliath and his soldiers' But those of them who reckoned they would meet Allah replied: 'Many a small band has, by the permission of Allah, vanquished a mighty army. Allah is with the patient'
چون طالوت سپاهش را به راه انداخت، گفت: خدا شما را به جوى آبى مى‌آزمايد: هر كه از آن بخورد از من نيست، و هر كه از آن نخورد يا تنها كفى بياشامد از من است. همه جز اندكى از آن نوشيدند. چون او و مؤمنانى كه همراهش بودند از نهر گذشتند، گفتند: امروز ما را توان جالوت و سپاهش نيست. آنانى كه مى‌دانستند كه با خدا ديدار خواهند كرد، گفتند: به خواست خدا چه بسا گروه اندكى كه بر گروه بسيارى غلبه كند، كه خدا با كسانى است كه پاى مى‌فشرند.