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إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَٱهْدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ﴿٢٢

Translation (Sahih International)

When they entered upon David and he was alarmed by them? They said, "Fear not. [We are] two adversaries, one of whom has wronged the other, so judge between us with truth and do not exceed [it] and guide us to the sound path.

Word-by-word meaning

إِذْidhWhen
دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey entered
عَلَىٰʿalāupon
دَاوُۥدَdāwūdaDawood
فَفَزِعَfafaziʿaand he was afraid
مِنْهُمْ ۖmin'humof them
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
لَا(Do) not
تَخَفْ ۖtakhaffear
خَصْمَانِkhaṣmāni(We are) two litigants
بَغَىٰbaghāhas wronged
بَعْضُنَاbaʿḍunāone of us
عَلَىٰʿalāto
بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinanother
فَٱحْكُمfa-uḥ'kumso judge
بَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween us
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تُشْطِطْtush'ṭiṭbe unjust
وَٱهْدِنَآwa-ih'dināand guide us
إِلَىٰilāto
سَوَآءِsawāian even
ٱلصِّرَٰطِl-ṣirāṭi[the] path

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of the Two LitigantsIn discussing this passage, the scholars of Tafsir mention a story which is mostly based upon Isra'iliyat narrations. Nothing has been reported about this from the Infallible Prophet that we could accept as true. But Ibn Abi Hatim narrated a Hadith whose chain of narration cannot be regarded as Sahih because it is reported by Yazid Ar-Raqashi from Anas, may Allah be pleased with him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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