Sad
38. Ṣād
ص
Ṣād (Sad)
ص
38:26
يَا دَاوُودُ
إِنَّا
جَعَلْنَاكَ
خَلِيفَةً
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
فَاحْكُم
بَيْنَ
النَّاسِ
بِالْحَقِّ
وَلَا
تَتَّبِعِ
الْهَوَى
فَيُضِلَّكَ
عَن
سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ
إِنَّ
الَّذِينَ
يَضِلُّونَ
عَن
سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ
لَهُمْ
عَذَابٌ
شَدِيدٌ
بِمَا
نَسُوا
يَوْمَ
الْحِسَابِ
yā-dāwūdu ʾinnā jaʿalnāka khalīfatan fī l-ʾarḍi fa-ḥkum bayna n-nāsi bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-lā tattabiʿi l-hawā fa-yuḍillaka ʿan sabīli llāhi ʾinna lladhīna yaḍillūna ʿan sabīli llāhi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun bi-mā nasū yawma l-ḥisābi
We told him. "David, We have appointed you as Our deputy on earth so judge among the people with truth. Do not follow (worldly) desires lest you go astray from the way of God. Those who go astray from the way of God will suffer severe torment for forgetting the Day of Reckoning.