Talut appointed

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Often appears with: religious persecution and toleration · relics of moses and aaron · political legitimacy and consent · myth and the gods of the nations · ark of the covenant · angels bearing the ark

Usually: narrative (1) · reverence (1) · wonder (1)

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“Allah will test you at the stream: if any drinks of its water, He goes not with my army: Only those who taste not of it go with me: A mere sip out of the hand is excused.” Ali, Abdullah Yusuf; Pickthall, Marmaduke William; Shakir, M. H., Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by · observation

Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side primary

Ali, Abdullah Yusuf; Pickthall, Marmaduke William; Shakir, M. H. · -610 to -632 (revelation); Qur'an as compiled afterward
Chapter 1: > Book, after the clear Signs came to them, did not differ among themselves, except through selfish contumacy. Allah by His Grace Guided the believers to the Truth, concerning that wherein they differed. For (11/23)

Qur'an 2:247–2:248 explains that Allah appoints Talut (and the ark of the covenant) as signs of authority, and that the ark’s arrival, carrying relics of Moses and Aaron, reassures believers.

Lord, and the relics left by the family of Moses and the family of Aaron, carried by angels. In this is a symbol for you if ye indeed have faith." P: And their Prophet said unto them: Lo! the token of his kingdom is that there shall come unto you the ark wherein is peace of reassurance from your Lord, and a remnant of that which the house of Moses and the house of Aaron left behind, the angels bearing it. Lo! herein…