Of a surety God will never leave such faithful servants of His alone and unaided: ``So they routed them by Allah's permission and David Slew Goliath.'' David was a youth with no arms and armour. He had a pure deep faith in Allah. He was not known even in the Israelite camp. In outward appearance he was a poor shepherd. His shepherd sling was his well tried weapon. He picked up a couple of pebbles from the ground and used his sling to such an effect that the piece of stone pierced Goliath's forehead and knocked him down! He then rushed towards the fallen Goliath, and killed him with his own sword. Thus did Allah manifest His Power in slaying such that giant by the hands of a shepherd Lad!

      The Glorious Qurän says that after doing so with Goliath: ``Allah gave David kingdom and wisdom, and taught him whatever he asked or needed.''

      Here in these verse, it is not made clear enough, that this David mentioned here is the one who became the king and the prophet of the Israelites, and who was the father of SOLOMON; but the verse does imply that the slayer of Goliath reached the rank and position of an apostle.

      Then the verse points at a general law and universal plan of God, who loves all His creatures, and protects them. In protecting one, He may use another, or He may attract one by repelling the other: ``And had Allah not driven back the people, some by the means of others, the earth would have been utterly corrupted; but Allah is bounteous to all beings.''

      God's love is for all and for ever.