Alam tara ilal-malai min bani israila min badi moosa idh qaloo linabiyyin lahumu-bath lana malikan nuqatil fi sabeelil-lahi qala hal asaytum in kutiba alaykumul-qitalu alla tuqatiloo qaloo wa ma lana alla nuqatila fi sabeelil-lahi wa qad okhrijna min diyarina wa abnaina falamma kutiba alayhimul-qitalu tawallaw illa qalilan minhum wal-lahu aleemun biz-zalimeen
"Have you not considered the assembly of the Children of Israel after the time of Moses when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Send to us a king, and we will fight in the way of Allah "? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if fighting was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allah when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned back, except for a few of them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers."