Quran 38:26 — Saad, verse 26
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
‘David, We have given you mastery over the land. Judge fairly between people. Do not follow your desires, lest they divert you from God’s path: those who wander from His path will have a painful torment because they ignore the Day of Reckoning.’
يَا دَاوُودُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ
yādāwūdu innā jaʿalnāka khalīfatan fī l-arḍi fa-uḥ'kum bayna l-nāsi bil-ḥaqi walā tattabiʿi l-hawā fayuḍillaka ʿan sabīli l-lahi inna alladhīna yaḍillūna ʿan sabīli l-lahi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun bimā nasū yawma l-ḥisābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'David, behold, We have appointed thee a viceroy in the earth; therefore judge between men justly, and follow not caprice, lest it lead thee astray from the way of God. Surely those who go astray from the way of God -- there awaits them a terrible chastisement, for that they have forgotten the Day of Reckoning.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [And We said:] “O David! Behold, We have made thee a [prophet and, thus, Our] vicegerent on earth: judge, then, between men with justice, and do not follow vain desire, lest it lead thee astray from the path of God: verily, for those who go astray from the path of God there is suffering severe in store for having forgotten the Day of Reckoning!”
- Sahih International
- [We said], "O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth and do not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from the way of Allāh." Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allāh will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰدَاوُۥدُyādāwūdu | O Dawood | — |
| 2 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 3 | جَعَلْنَـٰكَjaʿalnāka | [We] have made you | جعل |
| 4 | خَلِيفَةًۭkhalīfatan | a vicegerent | خلف |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 7 | فَٱحْكُمfa-uḥ'kum | so judge | حكم |
| 8 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 9 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | [the] men | نوس |
| 10 | بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqi | in truth | حقق |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 12 | تَتَّبِعِtattabiʿi | follow | تبع |
| 13 | ٱلْهَوَىٰl-hawā | the desire | هوي |
| 14 | فَيُضِلَّكَfayuḍillaka | for it will lead you astray | ضلل |
| 15 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 16 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 18 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 19 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 20 | يَضِلُّونَyaḍillūna | go astray | ضلل |
| 21 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 22 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 23 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 24 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 25 | عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 26 | شَدِيدٌۢshadīdun | severe | شدد |
| 27 | بِمَاbimā | because | — |
| 28 | نَسُوا۟nasū | they forgot | نسي |
| 29 | يَوْمَyawma | (the) Day | يوم |
| 30 | ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi | (of) Account | حسب |