Tafsir of Surah Al-Baqara 2:251

﴿فَهَزَمُوهُم بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَقَتَلَ دَاوُودُ جَالُوتَ وَآتَاهُ اللَّهُ الْمُلْكَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَعَلَّمَهُ مِمَّا يَشَاءُ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ اللَّهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُم بِبَعْضٍ لَّفَسَدَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ﴾

Translation of the meaning

So they defeated them by permission of Allāh, and David killed Goliath, and Allāh gave him the kingship and wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and taught him from that which He willed. And if it were not for Allāh checking [some] people by means of others, the earth would have been corrupted, but Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the worlds.

English Translation - Noor International Center — v1.1.2 · QuranEnc.com

The words of the two imams are given in their original Arabic, verbatim, with references.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

فيدفع بالمؤمنين الكفار ويدفع شر الطائفتين بخيرهما كما دفع المجوس بالروم النصارى ثم دفع النصارى بالمؤمنين أمة محمد - صلى الله عليه وسلم -«الجواب الصحيح لمن بدل دين المسيح» 2/216

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim

وإذنه هاهنا هو الإذن الكوني القدري أي بمشيئته وقضائه وقدره وليس هو الإذن الشرعي الذي بمعنى الأمر«شفاء العليل في مسائل القضاء والقدر والحكمة والتعليل» 1/64
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