Quran 2:247

Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 247

Verse 247 of 286 in Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة), chapter 2 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ بَعَثَ لَكُمْ طَالُوتَ مَلِكًا ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ 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

EnglishSaheeh International
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."
TamilJan Trust Foundation
அவர்களுடைய நபி அவர்களிடம் "நிச்சயமாக அல்லாஹ் தாலூத்தை உங்களுக்கு அரசனாக அனுப்பியிருக்கிறான்" என்று கூறினார்; (அதற்கு) அவர்கள், "எங்கள் மீது அவர் எப்படி அதிகாரம் செலுத்த முடியும்? அதிகாரம் செலுத்த அவரை விட நாங்கள் தாம் தகுதியுடையவர்கள்; மேலும், அவருக்குத் திரண்ட செல்வமும் கொடுக்கபடவில்லையே!" என்று கூறினார்கள்; அதற்கவர், "நிச்சயமாக அல்லாஹ் உங்களைவிட (மேலாக) அவரையே தேர்ந்தெடுத்திருக்கின்றான்; இன்னும், அறிவாற்றலிலும், உடல் வலிமையிலும் அவருக்கு அதிகமாக வழங்கியுள்ளான் - அல்லாஹ் தான் நாடியோருக்குத் தன் (அரச) அதிகாரத்தை வழங்குகிறான்; இன்னும் அல்லாஹ் விசாலமான (கொடையுடைய)வன்; (யாவற்றையும்) நன்கறிபவன்" என்று கூறினார்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
තවද ‘සැබැවින් ම අල්ලාහ් තාලූත්ව නුඹලාට රජෙකු ලෙස එවා ඇත්තේ යැයි’ ඔවුන්ගේ නබිවරයා ඔවුනට පැවසුවේ ය. ‘අප ඔහුට වඩා පාලනය සමබන්ධයෙන් සුදුස්සන්ව සිටිය දී හා ධනයෙන් කිසිදු සමෘද්ධියක් ඔහුට දෙනු නො ලැබ තිබිය දී අප පාලනය කිරීම ඔහුට කෙසේ නම් හැකි වේ දැ?’ යි ඔවුහු ඇසූහ. සැබැවින් ම අල්ලාහ් නුඹලා වෙත ඔහු තෝරා ගෙන ඇත්තේ ය. තවද දැනුමෙහි හා ශරීරයෙහි පුළුල් භාවය ඔහුට අමතරව ලබා දී ඇත්තේ ය. තවද අල්ලාහ් ඔහු අභිමත කරන අයට තම පාලනය පිරිනමන්නේ ය. තවද අල්ලාහ් සර්ව ව්‍යාපක ය; සර්ව ඥානී ය.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
اور انہیں ان کے نبی نے فرمایا کہ اللہ تعالیٰ نے طالوت کو تمہارا بادشاه بنا دیا ہے تو کہنے لگے بھلا اس کی ہم پر حکومت کیسے ہوسکتی ہے؟ اس سے تو بہت زیاده حقدار بادشاہت کے ہم ہیں، اس کو تو مالی کشادگی بھی نہیں دی گئی۔ نبی نے فرمایا سنو، اللہ تعالیٰ نے اسی کو تم پر برگزیده کیا ہے اور اسے علمی اور جسمانی برتری بھی عطا فرمائی ہے بات یہ ہے کہ اللہ جسے چاہے اپنا ملک دے، اللہ تعالیٰ کشادگی واﻻ اور علم واﻻ ہے۔
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
預言者はかれらに,「誠にアッラーは,タールートをあなたがたの上に,王として任命された。」と言った。かれらは言った。「かれがどうして,わたしたちの王になれようか。わたしたちこそ,かれよりも王に相応しい。またかれは富にも恵まれていない。」かれ(預言者)は言っ た。「アッラーは,あなたがたの上にかれを選び,かれの知識と体力を強められた。アッラーは御心に適う者に,王権を授けられる。アッラーは厚施にして全知であられる。」
ChineseMa Jian
他们的先知对他们说:真主确已为你们立塔鲁特为国王了。他们说:他怎麽配做我们的国王呢?我们是比他更配做国王的,况且他没有丰富的财产。他说:真主确已选他为你们的领袖,并且加赐他渊博的学识和健壮的体魄。真主常常把国权赏赐自己所意欲的人。真主是宽大的,全知的。

Tafsir of 2:247

When the Israelites asked their Prophet to appoint a king over them, he appointed Talut (Saul), who was then a soldier. But, Talut was not a descendant of the house of kings among them, which was exclusively in the offspring of Yahudha (Judah). This is why they said: أَنَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ عَلَيْنَا (How can he be a king over us) meaning, how can he be the king for us, وَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِالْمُلْكِ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ سَعَةً مِّنَ الْمَالِ (when we are fitter than him for the kingdom, and he has not been given enough wealth) They said that Talut was also poor and did not have the wealth that justifies him being king. Some people stated that Talut used to bring water to the people, while others stated that his profession was dyeing skins. The Jews, thus, disputed with their Prophet while they were supposed to obey him and to say good words to him. Their Prophet answered them: إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ (Verily, Allah has chosen him above you) meaning, `Allah chose Talut from amongst you while having better knowledge about him.' Their Prophet stated, "I did not choose Talut to be your king on my own.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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Quran 2:247 — Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 247