وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَ ٢١
And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -
Quran verses about David (Dawud)
داود عليه السلام
18 verses in 8 surahs · 10 subtopics
David appears in these verses as a prophet given a Book, to whom Allah granted knowledge and kingship and whom He made a successor on earth. They mention the angels who climbed the wall of his sanctuary, the mountains and birds glorifying Allah with him, iron made soft for him to craft coats of mail, his killing of Goliath, and his son Solomon, a prophet like him.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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- All verses 18
- Oft-returning to Allah, endowed with strength 1
- Iron made soft for him and the making of armour taught to him 2
- Granted knowledge and kingship 2
- Made a vicegerent on earth 1
- The mountains and birds made subservient, glorifying with him 3
- David and the disbelievers among the Children of Israel 1
- His killing of Goliath 1
- The angels climb over the wall of his sanctuary 4
- A prophet given a scripture 2
- A prophet and father of a prophet 2
The angels climb over the wall of his sanctuary · 4 verses
إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ ٢٣
Indeed this, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said, 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech."
قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبْغِى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّٰهُ فَٱسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ ٢٤
[David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allāh].
فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ ٢٥
So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
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