ٱلْبَقَرَة : ٢٤٧

  • وَقَالَ And said
  • لَهُمۡ to them
  • نَبِيُّهُمۡ their Prophet
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • قَدۡ (has) surely
  • بَعَثَ raised
  • لَكُمۡ for you
  • طَالُوتَ Talut
  • مَلِكٗاۚ (as) a king
  • قَالُوٓاْ They said
  • أَنَّىٰ How
  • يَكُونُ can be
  • لَهُ for him
  • ٱلۡمُلۡكُ the kingship
  • عَلَيۡنَا over us
  • وَنَحۡنُ while we
  • أَحَقُّ (are) more entitled
  • بِٱلۡمُلۡكِ to kingship
  • مِنۡهُ than him
  • وَلَمۡ and not
  • يُؤۡتَ he has been given
  • سَعَةٗ abundance
  • مِّنَ of
  • ٱلۡمَالِۚ [the] wealth
  • قَالَ He said
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • ٱصۡطَفَىٰهُ has chosen him
  • عَلَيۡكُمۡ over you
  • وَزَادَهُۥ and increased him
  • بَسۡطَةٗ abundantly
  • فِي in
  • ٱلۡعِلۡمِ [the] knowledge
  • وَٱلۡجِسۡمِۖ and [the] physique
  • وَٱللَّهُ And Allah
  • يُؤۡتِي gives
  • مُلۡكَهُۥ His kingdom
  • مَن (to) whom
  • يَشَآءُۚ He wills
  • وَٱللَّهُ And Allah
  • وَٰسِعٌ (is) All-Encompassing
  • عَلِيمٞ All-Knowing
And their prophet said to them, "Indeed, Allāh has sent to you Saul as a king." They said, "How can he have kingship over us while we are more worthy of kingship than him and he has not been given any measure of wealth?" He said, "Indeed, Allāh has chosen him over you and has increased him abundantly in knowledge and stature. And Allāh gives His sovereignty to whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing [in favor] and Knowing."
Then their prophet said to them, 'Verily God has raised up Saul for you as king' They said, 'How can he be king over us when we have better right than he to kingship, since he is not of the tribe of monarchs or that of prophets; he [Saul] was a tanner or a shepherd; seeing he has not been given amplitude of wealth?' which he can use to establish a kingdom. He, the prophet, said, to them, 'God has chosen him over you, for kingship, and has increased him broadly, amply, in knowledge and body: at that time, he was the most knowledgeable and the most handsome of all the Israelites, and the most perfect of character. God gives the kingship to whom He will, in the way He does, and there can be no objection; and God is Embracing, in His bounty, Knowing, of those who deserve it.