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Al-Anbya 78

Ayah 78 of 112 · Meccan

وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيۡمَٰنَ إِذۡ يَحۡكُمَانِ فِي ٱلۡحَرۡثِ إِذۡ نَفَشَتۡ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكۡمِهِمۡ شَٰهِدِينَ ٧٨

And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night],1 and We were witness to their judgement.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Eating and destroying the crops.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَدَاوُۥدَAnd Dawudwadāwūda
  2. وَسُلَيۡمَٰنَand Sulaimanwasulaymāna
  3. إِذۡwhenidh
  4. يَحۡكُمَانِthey judgedyaḥkumāni
  5. فِيconcerningfī
  6. ٱلۡحَرۡثِthe fieldl-ḥarthi
  7. إِذۡwhenidh
  8. نَفَشَتۡpasturednafashat
  9. فِيهِin itfīhi
  10. غَنَمُsheepghanamu
  11. ٱلۡقَوۡمِ(of) a peoplel-qawmi
  12. وَكُنَّاand We werewakunnā
  13. لِحُكۡمِهِمۡto their judgmentliḥuk'mihim
  14. شَٰهِدِينَwitnessshāhidīna

Tafsir

O Messenger! And mention the story of David and his son Solomon (peace be upon them), when they were passing judgement in the case brought to them regarding the two disputers: One of them had a herd that went into the fields of the other at night. I was witness to the judgement of David and Solomon; no part of their judgement evaded My knowledge.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran