Quran 38:22 — Saad, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When they reached David, he took fright, but they said, ‘Do not be afraid. We are two litigants, one of whom has wronged the other: judge between us fairly- do not be unjust- and guide us to the right path.
إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَىٰ دَاوُودَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَا إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الصِّرَاطِ
idh dakhalū ʿalā dāwūda fafaziʿa min'hum qālū lā takhaf khaṣmāni baghā baʿḍunā ʿalā baʿḍin fa-uḥ'kum baynanā bil-ḥaqi walā tush'ṭiṭ wa-ih'dinā ilā sawāi l-ṣirāṭi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- when they entered upon David, and he took fright at them; and they said, 'Fear not; two disputants we are -- one of us has injured the other; so judge between us justly, and transgress not, and guide us to the right path.'
- Muhammad Asad
- As they came upon David, and he shrank back in fear from them, they said: “Fear not! [We are but] two litigants. One of us has wronged the other: so judge thou between us with justice, and deviate not from what is right, and show [both of] us the way to rectitude.
- Sahih International
- When they entered upon David and he was alarmed by them? They said, "Fear not. [We are] two adversaries, one of whom has wronged the other, so judge between us with truth and do not exceed [it] and guide us to the sound path.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | دَخَلُوا۟dakhalū | they entered | دخل |
| 3 | عَلَىٰʿalā | upon | — |
| 4 | دَاوُۥدَdāwūda | Dawood | — |
| 5 | فَفَزِعَfafaziʿa | and he was afraid | فزع |
| 6 | مِنْهُمْ ۖmin'hum | of them | — |
| 7 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 8 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 9 | تَخَفْ ۖtakhaf | fear | خوف |
| 10 | خَصْمَانِkhaṣmāni | (We are) two litigants | خصم |
| 11 | بَغَىٰbaghā | has wronged | بغي |
| 12 | بَعْضُنَاbaʿḍunā | one of us | بعض |
| 13 | عَلَىٰʿalā | to | — |
| 14 | بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍin | another | بعض |
| 15 | فَٱحْكُمfa-uḥ'kum | so judge | حكم |
| 16 | بَيْنَنَاbaynanā | between us | بين |
| 17 | بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqi | in truth | حقق |
| 18 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 19 | تُشْطِطْtush'ṭiṭ | be unjust | شطط |
| 20 | وَٱهْدِنَآwa-ih'dinā | and guide us | هدي |
| 21 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 22 | سَوَآءِsawāi | an even | سوي |
| 23 | ٱلصِّرَٰطِl-ṣirāṭi | [the] path | صرط |