So when Talut departed with the forces, he said, “Allah will certainly test you through a river, so whoever drinks from it then he is not of me and whoever does not taste of it, then certainly he is of me, except he who takes in the hollow of his hand, “but they drank from it except a few of them. Then when he had crossed (the river) with those who believed with him, they said, “Today we do not have power against Jalut and his forces.” Those who expected that they would meet Allah, said, “How often has a small party over come a party consisting of many people by the order of Allah, and Allah is with those who are patient.”