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Surah Sad Verse 26

Quran 38:26 · The Letter Sad · Meccan · Juz 23

38:26

Arabic

يٰدَاوٗدُ اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰكَ خَلِيْفَةً فِى الْاَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوٰى فَيُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ ۗاِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ يَضِلُّوْنَ عَنْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيْدٌ ۢبِمَا نَسُوْا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ ࣖ ۝٢٦

Transliteration

Yā dāwūdu innā ja‘alnāka kholīfatan fil-arḍi faḥkum bainan nāsi bil-ḥaqqi wa lā tattabi‘il-hawā fa yuḍillaka ‘an sabīlillāh, innal-lażīna yaḍillūna ‘an sabīlillāhi lahum ‘ażābun syadīdum bimā nasū yaumal-ḥisāb

Meaning

“O David, We made you a ruler in the land, so judge between the people with justice, and do not follow desire, lest it diverts you from Allah’s path. Those who stray from Allah’s path will have a painful punishment, for having ignored the Day of Account.”

Surah Sad verse 26 (Quran 38:26) is verse 26 of the 88 verses of Surah Sad (The Letter Sad), a Meccan surah that is number 38 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 23.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).