surah Anbiya aya 78 , English translation of the meaning Ayah.
﴿وَدَاوُودَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِي الْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ الْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَاهِدِينَ﴾
[ الأنبياء: 78]
21:78 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.
Tafsir Ibn Katheer in EnglishO Messenger! And mention the story of David and his son Solomon ( peace be upon them ), when they were passing judgement in the case brought to them regarding the two disputers: One of them had a herd that went into the fields of the other at night.
I was witness to the judgement of David and Solomon; no part of their judgement evaded My knowledge.
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
And (remember) Dawud (David) and Sulaiman (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.
phonetic Transliteration
Wadawooda wasulaymana ith yahkumani fee alharthi ith nafashat feehi ghanamu alqawmi wakunna lihukmihim shahideena
Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation
And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the matter of the field into which the sheep of certain people had strayed by night: We did witness their judgment.
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
And (remember) Dawud and Sulayman, when they gave judgement in the case of the field in which the sheep of certain people had Nafashat; and We were witness to their judgement.
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21:78 And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - translate in arabic
وداود وسليمان إذ يحكمان في الحرث إذ نفشت فيه غنم القوم وكنا لحكمهم شاهدين
سورة: الأنبياء - آية: ( 78 ) - جزء: ( 17 ) - صفحة: ( 328 )Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
And Dawud (David) and Sulayman (Solomon) who passed judgement -not inspired- upon the owners of the sheep which escaped from their cote and strayed in people field, and We were witnesses of their Judgement*. * Davids decision centered on compensation
Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(21:78) And We bestowed the same favour upon David and Solomon: Remember the occasion when the two were judging a case regarding a field into which the goats of other people had strayed at night, and We Ourself were watching their conduct of the case.
And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - meaning
And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - meaning in Urdu
اور اِسی نعمت سے ہم نے داؤدؑ اورسلیمانؑ کو سرفراز کیا یاد کرو وہ موقع جبکہ وہ دونوں ایک کھیت کے مقدمے میں فیصلہ کر رہے تھے جس میں رات کے وقت دُوسرے لوگوں کی بکریاں پھیل گئی تھیں، اور ہم اُن کی عدالت خود دیکھ رہے تھے
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