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38. Ṣād
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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
O David! We did indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth: so judge thou between men in truth (and justice): Nor follow thou the lusts (of thy heart), for they will mislead thee from the Path of Allah: for those who wander astray from the Path of Allah, is a Penalty Grievous, for that they forget the Day of Account.
— Abdullah Yusufali
‘O David! Indeed, We have made you a vicegerent on the earth. So judge between people with justice, and do not follow your desires, or they will lead you astray from the way of Allah. Indeed there is a severe punishment for those who stray from the way of Allah, because of their forgetting the Day of Reckoning.’
