سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:78

The Prophets · Verse 78 of 112

وَدَاوُودَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِي الْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ الْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَاهِدِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And (We bestowed Our favours on) David and Solomon. Behold! they gave their (respective) judgment in the disputed matter about a certain crop when the sheep of a certain people strayed into it at night, and We were bearers of witness to the judgment they gave (them).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the matter of the field into which the sheep of certain people had strayed by night: We did witness their judgment.

Ahmed Ali

(Remember) David and Solomon, when they pronounced judgement about the field which was eaten up at night by sheep belonging to certain people. We were witness to their judgement.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

(Among those whom We made leaders were) David and Solomon. The two were once judging a case regarding a field into which the sheep of some other people had strayed at night. We were watching and witnessing their judgment.

Daryabadi

And Daud and Sulaiman! recall what time they gave judgment regarding the tillage when certain people´s sheep had pastured therein at night; and of the judgment concerning them We were the Witnesses.

Faridul Haque

And remember Dawud and Sulaiman, when they were deciding the dispute of a field, when some people’s sheep had strayed into it at night; and We were Present at the time of their deciding.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when the people

Maulvi Sher Ali

And remember David and Solomon when they exercised their respective judgements concerning the crop, when the sheep of certain people strayed therein by night, and WE were bearers of witness to their judgment.

Muhammad Asad

AND [remember] David and Solomon - [how it was] when both of them gave judgment concerning the field into which some people's sheep had strayed by night and pastured therein, and [how] We bore witness to their judgment

Muhammad Musin Khan

And (remember) Dawud (David) and Sulaiman (Solomon), when they gave judgement in the case of the field in which the sheep of certain people had pastured at night and We were witness to their judgement.

Muhammad Pickthall

And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when people's sheep had strayed and browsed therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment.

Muhammad Sarwar

David and Solomon were trying to settle the case of the people's sheep that grazed in a corn-field at night. We witnessed their decree in that matter.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And Dawood and Sulaiman when they gave judgment concerning the field when the people's sheep pastured therein by night, and We were bearers of witness to their judgment.

Rashad Khalifa

And David and Solomon, when they once ruled with regard to someone's crop that was destroyed by another's sheep, we witnessed their judgment.

Shabbir Ahmed

And David and Solomon ruled in great justice. They gathered the straying sheep, the masses of their kingdom, when they were bent upon destroying their own crop of prosperity. We were Witness to their benevolent governance.

Commentary 21:78 Al-Harthالْحَرْثِ “a certain crop”. The suffix al الbefore harth حَرْثِ specifies the reference being made. Al-Harthالْحَرْثِ may also stand for Davids…

21:78 Al-Harthالْحَرْثِ “a certain crop”. The suffix al الbefore harth حَرْثِ specifies the reference being made. Al-Harthالْحَرْثِ may also stand for Davids land that he ruled, and Ghanam al-Qaum غَنَمُ الْقَوْمِ “sheep of a certain people” may signify those neighbouring tribes who infringed upon the borders of the land under Davids rule. The reference is to the measures, which David and Solomon adopted to repel their enemies raids. David was a great warrior, so he favoured adopting a strong and severe policy; Solomon, however, wished to pursue a milder policy. Since both had been inspired by a deep sense of justice, Allâh “bore witness to their judgments.”