Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
So when Talut left the city along with the armies, he
said, "Allah will surely test you with a river; so whoever
drinks its water is not mine - and whoever does not drink is
mine - except him who takes it in the hollow of his hand"; so
they all drank it, except a few of them; thereafter when Talut
and the believers with him had crossed the river, they said,
"We do not have power this day to face Jalut (Goliath) and his
armies"; those who were certain of meeting Allah said, "Many a
times has a smaller group overcome a bigger group by Allah's
command; and Allah is with the steadfast."