Quran 21:78 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 78
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgement regarding the field into which sheep strayed by night and grazed. We witnessed their judgement
وَدَاوُودَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِي الْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ الْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَاهِدِينَ
wadāwūda wasulaymāna idh yaḥkumāni fī l-ḥarthi idh nafashat fīhi ghanamu l-qawmi wakunnā liḥuk'mihim shāhidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And David and Solomon -- when they gave judgment concerning the tillage, when the sheep of the people strayed there, and We bore witness to their judgment;
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [remember] David and Solomon - [how it was] when both of them gave judgment concerning the field into which some people’s sheep had strayed by night and pastured therein, and [how] We bore witness to their judgment:
- Sahih International
- And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night], and We were witness to their judgement.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَدَاوُۥدَwadāwūda | And Dawud | — |
| 2 | وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَwasulaymāna | and Sulaiman | — |
| 3 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 4 | يَحْكُمَانِyaḥkumāni | they judged | حكم |
| 5 | فِىfī | concerning | — |
| 6 | ٱلْحَرْثِl-ḥarthi | the field | حرث |
| 7 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 8 | نَفَشَتْnafashat | pastured | نفش |
| 9 | فِيهِfīhi | in it | — |
| 10 | غَنَمُghanamu | sheep | غنم |
| 11 | ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi | (of) a people | قوم |
| 12 | وَكُنَّاwakunnā | and We were | كون |
| 13 | لِحُكْمِهِمْliḥuk'mihim | to their judgment | حكم |
| 14 | شَـٰهِدِينَshāhidīna | witness | شهد |