The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Al-Baqarah 2:251.
Dawud in Islam
A prophet and a king, Dawud is named sixteen times in the Quran: he killed Jalut (Goliath, 2:251), received the Zabur, the Psalms (17:55), and the mountains and birds glorified Allah with him (21:79). The Prophet ﷺ said: “The prayer most beloved to Allah is the prayer of Dawud, and the fast most beloved to Allah is the fast of Dawud”: he fasted every other day (al-Bukhari 1131).
Meaning of the name Dawud
Dawud is the Arabic form of the Hebrew Dawid (David), usually explained as “beloved”. Arab lexicographers regard it as a foreign name, unrelated to the Arabic root d-w-d (that of worms, dud). It is also written with two waws, داوود. The name is Daoud in the Maghreb, Daouda in West Africa, Dawood in South Asia and Davut in Turkey.
In Arabic
دَاوُدداود
Transliteration
Dāwūd
Gender
Boy
Origin
Hebrew
Is Dawud in the Quran?
Yes: Dawud is named in the Quran 16 times, in 9 surahs.
So they defeated them by permission of Allāh, and David killed Goliath, and Allāh gave him the kingship and wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and taught him from that which He willed. And if it were not for Allāh checking [some] people by means of others, the earth would have been corrupted, but Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the worlds.
And your Lord is most knowing of whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And We have made some of the prophets exceed others [in various ways], and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].
[We said], "O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth and do not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from the way of Allāh." Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allāh will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account.
And We certainly gave David from Us bounty. [We said], "O mountains, repeat [Our] praises with him, and the birds [as well]." And We made pliable for him iron,
