When Talut set out with his forces, he said to them, "God will test you with a river: whoever drinks from it is not with me and whoever does not drink is with me. There will, however, be no blame upon one who sips only a handful from it."
A lõkacin da ¦ãlũta ya fita da rundunõnin, ya ce: "Lalle ne Allah Mai jarrabarku ne da wani kõgi. To, wanda ya sha daga gare shi, to, ba shi daga gare ni, kuma wanda bai ɗanɗane shi ba to lalle ne shi, yana daga gare ni, fãce, wanda ya kamfata, kamfata guda da hannunsa."