QS. Al-Baqarah [2:249]

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فَلَمَّافَصَلَطَالُوْتُبِالْجُنُوْدِقَالَاِنَّاللّٰهَمُبْتَلِيْكُمْبِنَهَرٍفَمَنْشَرِبَمِنْهُفَلَيْسَمِنِّيْوَمَنْلَّمْيَطْعَمْهُفَاِنَّهٗمِنِّيْٓاِلَّامَنِاغْتَرَفَغُرْفَةًبِيَدِهٖفَشَرِبُوْامِنْهُاِلَّاقَلِيْلًامِّنْهُمْفَلَمَّاجَاوَزَهٗهُوَوَالَّذِيْنَاٰمَنُوْامَعَهٗقَالُوْالَاطَاقَةَلَنَاالْيَوْمَبِجَالُوْتَوَجُنُوْدِهٖقَالَالَّذِيْنَيَظُنُّوْنَاَنَّهُمْمُّلٰقُوااللّٰهِكَمْمِّنْفِئَةٍقَلِيْلَةٍغَلَبَتْفِئَةًكَثِيْرَةًبِاِذْنِاللّٰهِوَاللّٰهُمَعَالصّٰبِرِيْنَ٢٤٩

falammaa fashala thaaluutu biljunuudi qaala inna allaaha mubtaliikum binaharin faman syariba minhu falaysa minnii waman lam yath'amhu fa‑innahu minnii illaa mani ightarafa ghurfatan biyadihi fasyaribuu minhu illaa qaliilan minhum falammaa jaawazahu huwa waalladziina aamanuu ma'ahu qaaluu laa thaaqata lanaa alyawma bijaaluuta wajunuudihi qaala alladziina yazhunnuuna annahum mulaaquu allaahi kam min fi‑atin qaliilatin ghalabat fi‑atan katsiiratan bi‑idzni allaahi waallaahu ma'a alshshaabiriina

And when Saul went forth with the soldiers, he said, "Indeed, Allah will be testing you with a river. So whoever drinks from it is not of me, and whoever does not taste it is indeed of me, excepting one who takes [from it] in the hollow of his hand." But they drank from it, except a [very] few of them. Then when he had crossed it along with those who believed with him, they said, "There is no power for us today against Goliath and his soldiers." But those who were certain that they would meet Allah said, "How many a small company has overcome a large company by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the patient." [249]

— Sahih International

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