11 What an army of the allies is here put to flight! |
12 The people of Noah, and ‘Ād, and Pharaoh, the lord of hosts, rejected (prophets) before them, |
13 And Thāmūd and the people of Lot and the dwellers of the grove. These were the parties (opposing Truth). |
14 Not one of them but rejected the messengers, so just was My retribution. |
15 And these wait but for one cry, wherein there is no delay. |
16 And they say: Our Lord, hasten on for us our portion before the day of Reckoning. |
17 Bear patiently what they say, and remember Our servant David, the possessor of power. He ever turned (to Allāh). |
18 Truly We made the mountains subject to him, glorifying (Allāh) at nightfall and sunrise, |
19 And the birds gathered together. All were obedient to him. |
20 And We strengthened his kingdom and We gave him wisdom and a clear judgment. |
21 And has the story of the adversaries come to thee? When they made an entry into the private chamber by climbing the wall — |
22 When they came upon David so he was afraid of them. They said: Fear not; two litigants, of whom one has wronged the other, so decide between us with justice, and act not unjustly, and guide us to the right way. |
23 This is my brother. He has ninety-nine ewes and I have a single ewe. Then he said, Make it over to me, and he has prevailed against me in dispute. |
24 He said: Surely he has wronged thee in demanding thy ewe (to add) to his own ewes. And surely many partners wrong one another save those who believe and do good, and very few are they! And David knew that We had tried him, so he asked his Lord for protection, and he fell down bowing and turned (to God). [Prostration] |
25 So We gave him this protection, and surely he had a nearness to Us and an excellent resort. |