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أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلإِ مِن بَنِيۤ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِن بَعْدِ مُوسَىۤ إِذْ قَالُواْ لِنَبِيٍّ لَّهُمُ ٱبْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكاً نُّقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ أَلاَّ تُقَاتِلُواْ قَالُواْ وَمَا لَنَآ أَلاَّ نُقَاتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ أُخْرِجْنَا مِن دِيَارِنَا وَأَبْنَآئِنَا فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْاْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً مِّنْهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِٱلظَّالِمِينَ
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-Al-Baqarah ( البقرة )

Tafsir al-Tustari

Have you not seen the chiefs of the Children of Israel…Sahl was asked who the chiefs were. He replied:He [God] means by this the leaders. Take note of the saying of the Messenger of God when he heard a man after the Battle of Badr say, ‘On the Day of Badr we only killed bald, old men’, to which the Messenger of God replied, ‘They are the chiefs of Quraysh’, meaning the notablesand leaders. Sahl was asked about His words:


Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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