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  • إِذۡ When
  • دَخَلُواْ they entered
  • عَلَىٰ upon
  • دَاوُۥدَ Dawood
  • فَفَزِعَ and he was afraid
  • مِنۡهُمۡۖ of them
  • قَالُواْ they said
  • لَا (Do) not
  • تَخَفۡۖ fear
  • خَصۡمَانِ (We are) two litigants
  • بَغَىٰ has wronged
  • بَعۡضُنَا one of us
  • عَلَىٰ to
  • بَعۡضٖ another
  • فَٱحۡكُم so judge
  • بَيۡنَنَا between us
  • بِٱلۡحَقِّ in truth
  • وَلَا and (do) not
  • تُشۡطِطۡ be unjust
  • وَٱهۡدِنَآ and guide us
  • إِلَىٰ to
  • سَوَآءِ an even
  • ٱلصِّرَٰطِ [the] path
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.
When they entered upon David, and he was frightened by them. And they said, 'Do not fear; we are, two disputants (some say that this means 'two groups', in order to agree with the plural person [of the verb dakhaloo, 'they entered']; others say, 'two individuals' with the plural person actually denoting these two; alkhasm may refer to a one or more individuals. These two were angels who had come in the form of two disputants, between whom there [was supposed to have] occurred the situation mentioned - [but] only hypothetically - in order to alert David, peace be upon him, to what he had done: he had ninety nine women but desired the woman of a man who had only her and no other. He [David] had married her and consummated the marriage. One of us has infringed upon the [rights of the] other, so judge justly between us and do not transgress, [do not] be unjust, and guide us, direct us, to the right path', the correct way.