ص : ٢٦

  • يَٰدَاوُۥدُ O Dawood!
  • إِنَّا Indeed We
  • جَعَلۡنَٰكَ [We] have made you
  • خَلِيفَةٗ a vicegerent
  • فِي in
  • ٱلۡأَرۡضِ the earth
  • فَٱحۡكُم so judge
  • بَيۡنَ between
  • ٱلنَّاسِ [the] men
  • بِٱلۡحَقِّ in truth
  • وَلَا and (do) not
  • تَتَّبِعِ follow
  • ٱلۡهَوَىٰ the desire
  • فَيُضِلَّكَ for it will lead you stray
  • عَن from
  • سَبِيلِ (the) way
  • ٱللَّهِۚ (of) Allah
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱلَّذِينَ those who
  • يَضِلُّونَ go astray
  • عَن from
  • سَبِيلِ (the) way
  • ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah
  • لَهُمۡ for them
  • عَذَابٞ (is) a punishment
  • شَدِيدُۢ severe
  • بِمَا because
  • نَسُواْ they forgot
  • يَوۡمَ (the) Day
  • ٱلۡحِسَابِ (of) Account
[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.
'O David! We have indeed made you a vicegerent on the earth, managing the affairs of people; so judge justly between people and do not follow desire, that is, the desires of the soul, that it then lead you astray from the way of God, that is to say, from the proofs that indicate [the truth of] His Oneness. Truly those who go astray from the way of God, in other words, from belief in God - for them there will be a severe chastisement because of their forgetting the Day of Reckoning', as a result of their having neglected faith. For had they been certain of [the truth of] the Day of Reckoning, they would have [first] been believers in this world.