Quran 38:24 — Saad, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
David said, ‘He has done you wrong by demanding to add your ewe to his flock. Many partners treat each other unfairly. Those who sincerely believe and do good deeds do not do this, but these are very few.’ [Then] David realized that We had been testing him, so he asked his Lord for forgiveness, fell down on his knees, and repented:
قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِ ۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَيَبْغِي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَا هُمْ ۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُودُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ
qāla laqad ẓalamaka bisuāli naʿjatika ilā niʿājihi wa-inna kathīran mina l-khulaṭāi layabghī baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti waqalīlun mā hum waẓanna dāwūdu annamā fatannāhu fa-is'taghfara rabbahu wakharra rākiʿan wa-anāba
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said he, 'Assuredly he has wronged thee in asking for thy ewe in addition to his sheep; and indeed many intermixers do injury one against the other, save those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness -- and how few they are!' And David thought that We had only tried him; therefore he sought forgiveness of his Lord, and he fell down, bowing, and he repented.
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [David]: “He has certainly wronged thee by demanding that thy ewe be added to his ewes! Thus, behold, do many kinsmen wrong one another [all] save those who believe [in God] and do righteous deeds: but how few are they!” And [suddenly] David understood that We had tried him: and so he asked his Sustainer to forgive him his sin, and fell down in prostration, and turned unto Him in repentance.
- Sahih International
- [David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allāh].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | لَقَدْlaqad | Certainly | — |
| 3 | ظَلَمَكَẓalamaka | he has wronged you | ظلم |
| 4 | بِسُؤَالِbisuāli | by demanding | سأل |
| 5 | نَعْجَتِكَnaʿjatika | your ewe | نعج |
| 6 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 7 | نِعَاجِهِۦ ۖniʿājihi | his ewes | نعج |
| 8 | وَإِنَّwa-inna | And indeed | — |
| 9 | كَثِيرًۭاkathīran | many | كثر |
| 10 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 11 | ٱلْخُلَطَآءِl-khulaṭāi | the partners | خلط |
| 12 | لَيَبْغِىlayabghī | certainly oppress | بغي |
| 13 | بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 14 | عَلَىٰʿalā | [on] | — |
| 15 | بَعْضٍbaʿḍin | another | بعض |
| 16 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 17 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 18 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 19 | وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilū | and do | عمل |
| 20 | ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti | righteous deeds | صلح |
| 21 | وَقَلِيلٌۭwaqalīlun | and few | قلل |
| 22 | مَّاmā | (are) they | — |
| 23 | هُمْ ۗhum | (are) they | — |
| 24 | وَظَنَّwaẓanna | And became certain | ظنن |
| 25 | دَاوُۥدُdāwūdu | Dawood | — |
| 26 | أَنَّمَاannamā | that | — |
| 27 | فَتَنَّـٰهُfatannāhu | We (had) tried him | فتن |
| 28 | فَٱسْتَغْفَرَfa-is'taghfara | and he asked forgiveness | غفر |
| 29 | رَبَّهُۥrabbahu | (of) his Lord | ربب |
| 30 | وَخَرَّwakharra | and fell down | خرر |
| 31 | رَاكِعًۭاrākiʿan | bowing | ركع |
| 32 | وَأَنَابَ ۩wa-anāba | and turned in repentance | نوب |