سُوْرَةُ صٓ
Surah Saad (38) — 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 ﴿26﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O Dâwûd (David)! Verily! We have placed you as a successor on the earth; so judge you between men in truth (and justice) and follow not your desire - for it will mislead you from the Path of Allâh. Verily, those who wander astray from the Path of Allâh (shall) have a severe torment, because they forgot the Day of Reckoning.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰدَاوُۥدُ
yādāwūdu
O Dawood
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, We
جَعَلْنَـٰكَ
jaʿalnāka
[We] have made you
خَلِيفَةًۭ
khalīfatan
a vicegerent
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
فَٱحْكُم
fa-uḥ'kum
so judge
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
[the] men
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَتَّبِعِ
tattabiʿi
follow
ٱلْهَوَىٰ
l-hawā
the desire
فَيُضِلَّكَ
fayuḍillaka
for it will lead you astray
عَن
ʿan
from
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَضِلُّونَ
yaḍillūna
go astray
عَن
ʿan
from
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
عَذَابٌۭ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
شَدِيدٌۢ
shadīdun
severe
بِمَا
bimā
because
نَسُوا۟
nasū
they forgot
يَوْمَ
yawma
(the) Day
ٱلْحِسَابِ
l-ḥisābi
(of) Account
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.
