Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 587

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بِهِ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ فَتَسْتَقِرَّ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَلَا تَقْلَقَ ، وَأَنْ يُثَبِّتَ أَقْدَامَهُمْ فِي مَجَالِ الْحَرْبِ وَمُعْتَرَكِ الْأَبْطَالِ وَحَوْمَةِ الْوَغَى وَالدُّعَاءِ إِلَى النِّزَالِ فَسَأَلُوا التَّثْبِيتَ الظَّاهِرَ وَالْبَاطِنَ وَأَنْ يُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِمُ النَّصْرَ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَأَعْدَائِهِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ الْجَاحِدِينَ بِآيَاتِهِ وَآلَائِهِ فَأَجَابَهُمُ الْعَظِيمُ الْقَدِيرُ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ الْحَكِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ إِلَى مَا سَأَلُوا وَأَنَالَهُمْ مَا إِلَيْهِ فِيهِ رَغِبُوا

with it from above them, so that their hearts might be settled and not anxious, and that He might make their feet firm in the field of war, the battlefield of heroes, the thick of the fray, and the call to combat; so they asked for steadfastness, both outward and inward, and that He might send down upon them victory over their enemies and His enemies among the disbelievers who deny His signs and His bounties, and the Great, the All-Powerful, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, the All-Wise, the All-Aware answered them in what they asked and granted them what they desired.

وَلِهَذَا قَالَ : ﴿ فَهَزَمُوهُمْ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ﴾ أَيْ بِحَوْلِ اللَّهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ لَا بِحَوْلِهِمْ ، وَبِقُوَّةِ وَنَصْرِهِ لَا بِقُوَّتِهِمْ وَعَدَدِهِمْ ، مَعَ كَثْرَةِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَكَمَالِ عَدَدِهِمْ ، كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : ﴿ وَلَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِبَدْرٍ وَأَنْتُمْ أَذِلَّةٌ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

For this reason, He said: 'So they defeated them by the permission of Allah,' meaning by the might and power of Allah, not by their own might, and by the power and victory of Allah, not by their own strength and numbers, despite the multitude of their enemies and the perfection of their equipment, just as Allah the Exalted said: 'And Allah had already given you victory at Badr while you were few in number. So fear Allah; perhaps you will be grateful' (9).

وَقَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى : ﴿ وَقَتَلَ دَاوُدُ جَالُوتَ وَآتَاهُ اللَّهُ الْمُلْكَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَعَلَّمَهُ مِمَّا يَشَاءُ ﴾ فِيهِ دَلَالَةٌ عَلَى شَجَاعَةِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَأَنَّهُ قَتَلَهُ قَتْلًا أَذَلَّ بِهِ جُنْدَهُ وَكَسَرَ جَيْشَهُ ، وَلَا أَعْظَمَ مِنْ غَزْوَةٍ يُقْتَلُ فِيهَا مَلِكُ عَدُوِّهِ فَيَغْنَمُ بِسَبَبِ ذَلِكَ الْأَمْوَالَ الْجَزِيلَةَ وَيَأْسِرُ الْأَبْطَالَ وَالشُّجْعَانَ وَالْأَقْرَانَ وَتَعْلُو كَلِمَةُ الْإِيمَانِ عَلَى الْأَوْثَانِ وَيُدَالُ لِأَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهِ ، وَيَظْهَرُ الدِّينُ الْحَقُّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ وَأَوْلِيَائِهِ

His saying, the Exalted: 'And David killed Goliath, and Allah gave him the kingdom and wisdom and taught him from that which He willed,' contains evidence of the courage of David, peace be upon him, and that he killed him in a way that humiliated his soldiers and broke his army; and there is no greater battle than one in which the king of the enemy is killed, whereby one gains abundant wealth, captures heroes, brave warriors, and rivals, the word of faith rises above the idols, the allies of Allah are given victory over His enemies, and the true religion prevails over falsehood and its allies.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (49 verbs · 64 nouns)

• اسْتَقَرَّ — to settle
• قَلِقَ — to be anxious
• ثَبَّتَ — to stabilize
• قَلْبٌ — heart
• قَدَمٌ — foot
• مَجَالٌ — field