وَ هَلْ اَتٰىكَ نَبَؤُا الْخَصْمِ ۘ اِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَۙ۝۲۱

Have you heard of the litigants who jumped over the wall into his chamber?

اِذْ دَخَلُوْا عَلٰی دَاوٗدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوْا لَا تَخَفْ ۚ خَصْمٰنِ بَغٰی بَعْضُنَا عَلٰی بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُمْ بَیْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَ لَا تُشْطِطْ وَ اهْدِنَاۤ اِلٰی سَوَآءِ الصِّرَاطِ۝۲۲

When they came before David, he was frightened of them. "Do not be afraid," they said. "The two of us are disputing the wrong one has done the other. So judge between us with equity, and do not be unjust, and guide us to the right path.

اِنَّ هٰذَاۤ اَخِیْ ۫ لَهٗ تِسْعٌ وَّ تِسْعُوْنَ نَعْجَةً وَّلِیَ نَعْجَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ ۫ فَقَالَ اَكْفِلْنِیْهَا وَ عَزَّنِیْ فِی الْخِطَابِ۝۲۳

This man here is my brother. He has ninety and nine ewes while I have only one. He demands that I should give him my ewe, and wants to get the better of me in argument."

قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ اِلٰی نِعَاجِهٖ ؕ وَ اِنَّ كَثِیْرًا مِّنَ الْخُلَطَآءِ لَیَبْغِیْ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰی بَعْضٍ اِلَّا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَ قَلِیْلٌ مَّا هُمْ ؕ وَ ظَنَّ دَاوٗدُ اَنَّمَا فَتَنّٰهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهٗ وَ خَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَّ اَنَابَ۩۝۲۴

(David) said: "He is unjust in demanding your ewe to add to his (many) ewes. Many partners are surely -- unjust to one another, except those who believe and do the right; but there are only a few of them." It occurred to David that he was being tried by Us, and he begged his Lord to forgive him, and fell down in homage and repented.

فَغَفَرْنَا لَهٗ ذٰلِكَ ؕ وَ اِنَّ لَهٗ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰی وَ حُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ۝۲۵

So We forgave him. He has surely a high rank with Us and an excellent place of return.

یٰدَاوٗدُ اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰكَ خَلِیْفَةً فِی الْاَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَیْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَ لَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوٰی فَیُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ ؕ اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ یَضِلُّوْنَ عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِیْدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوْا یَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ۠۝۲۶

"O David, We have made you trustee on the earth. So judge between men equitably, and do not follow your lust lest it should lead you astray from the way of God. Surely for those who go astray from the way of God, is severe punishment, for having forgotten the Day of Reckoning.

وَ مَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَآءَ وَ الْاَرْضَ وَ مَا بَیْنَهُمَا بَاطِلًا ؕ ذٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا ۚ فَوَیْلٌ لِّلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنَ النَّارِؕ۝۲۷

We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, all for nothing. Only those who deny imagine so. So for the unbelievers there is woe from the fire.

اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِیْنَ فِی الْاَرْضِ ؗ اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِیْنَ كَالْفُجَّارِ۝۲۸

Should We equate those who do the right with those who spread corruption in the land? Should We make those who are morally integrated equal to those who seek disintegration?

كِتٰبٌ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ اِلَیْكَ مُبٰرَكٌ لِّیَدَّبَّرُوْۤا اٰیٰتِهٖ وَ لِیَتَذَكَّرَ اُولُوا الْاَلْبَابِ۝۲۹

We have sent down a Book to you which is blessed, so that people may apply their minds to its revelations, and the men of wisdom may reflect.

وَ وَهَبْنَا لِدَاوٗدَ سُلَیْمٰنَ ؕ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ؕ اِنَّهٗۤ اَوَّابٌؕ۝۳۰

We bestowed Solomon on David who was an excellent devotee, for he turned to God in penitence.