Surah Sad, ayah 26
يَـٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰكَ خَلِيفَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْحِسَابِ
[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.
Sad · 38:26
Word by word
- يَـٰدَاوُۥدُyādāwūduO Dawood
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
- جَعَلْنَـٰكَjaʿalnāka[We] have made you
- خَلِيفَةًۭkhalīfatana vicegerent
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- فَٱحْكُمfa-uḥ'kumso judge
- بَيْنَbaynabetween
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] men
- بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَتَّبِعِtattabiʿifollow
- ٱلْهَوَىٰl-hawāthe desire
- فَيُضِلَّكَfayuḍillakafor it will lead you astray
- عَنʿanfrom
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
- ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- يَضِلُّونَyaḍillūnago astray
- عَنʿanfrom
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
- شَدِيدٌۢshadīdunsevere
- بِمَاbimābecause
- نَسُوا۟nasūthey forgot
- يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
- ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi(of) Account
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