Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:78

21:78

وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِى ٱلْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَـٰهِدِينَ

wadāwūda wasulaymāna idh yaḥkumāni fī l-ḥarthi idh nafashat fīhi ghanamu l-qawmi wakunnā liḥuk'mihim shāhidīna

And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night], and We were witness to their judgement.

— Saheeh International

And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgement regarding the field into which sheep strayed by night and grazed. We witnessed their judgement

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) Dâwûd (David) and Sulaimân (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 Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 17Page 328meccan

Word by Word

وَدَاوُۥدَwadāwūdaAnd Dawud
وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَwasulaymānaand Sulaiman
إِذْidhwhen
يَحْكُمَانِyaḥkumānithey judged
فِىfīconcerning
ٱلْحَرْثِl-ḥarthithe field
إِذْidhwhen
نَفَشَتْnafashatpastured
فِيهِfīhiin it
غَنَمُghanamusheep
ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi(of) a people
وَكُنَّاwakunnāand We were
لِحُكْمِهِمْliḥuk'mihimto their judgment
شَـٰهِدِينَshāhidīnawitness