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Surah Sad Ayat 22 in Arabic Text

إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنۡهُمۡۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ خَصۡمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعۡضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ فَٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا تُشۡطِطۡ وَٱهۡدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ
Iz dakhaloo ‘alaa Daawooda fafazi’a minhum qaaloo laa takhaf khasmaani baghaa ba’dunaa ‘alaa ba’din fahkum bainanaaa bilhaqqi wa laa tushtit wahdinaaa ilaa Sawaaa’is Siraat

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 22

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.

Yusuf Ali
When they entered the presence of David, and he was terrified of them, they said: “Fear not: we are two disputants, one of whom has wronged the other: Decide now between us with truth, and treat us not with injustice, but guide us to the even Path..

Abul Ala Maududi
As they came upon David — and he was frightened of them — they said: “Be not afraid. We are just two litigants: one of us has committed excess against the other. So judge rightly between us, and be not unjust; and guide us to the Right Way.

Muhsin Khan
When they entered in upon Dawud (David), he was terrified of them, they said: “Fear not! (We are) two litigants, one of whom has wronged the other, therefore judge between us with truth, and treat us not with injustice, and guide us to the Right Way.

Pickthall
How they burst in upon David, and he was afraid of them. They said: Be not afraid! (We are) two litigants, one of whom hath wronged the other, therefor judge aright between us; be not unjust; and show us the fair way.

Dr. Ghali
As they entered upon Dawû‍d; then he was alarmed of them. They said, “Do not fear (anything); two adversaries we are. One of us has been inequitable to the other, (Literally: some of us against some “others”) so judge between us with the truth, and do not act unjudiciously, and guide us to the level path.

Abdel Haleem
When they reached David, he took fright, but they said, ‘Do not be afraid. We are two litigants, one of whom has wronged the other: judge between us fairly- do not be unjust- and guide us to the right path.

Muhammad Junagarhi
جب یہ (حضرت) داؤد (علیہ السلام) کے پاس پہنچے، پس یہ ان سے ڈر گئے، انہوں نے کہا خوف نہ کیجئے! ہم دو فریق مقدمہ ہیں، ہم میں سے ایک نے دوسرے پر زیادتی کی ہے، پس آپ ہمارے درمیان حق کے ساتھ فیصلہ کر دیجئے اور ناانصافی نہ کیجئے اور ہمیں سیدھی راه بتا دیجئے

Quran 38 Verse 22 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Sad ayat 22, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(38:22) When they came before David, he was alarmed to see them.[22] They said, “Have no fear: we are two parties in a suit, one of which has wronged the other, so decide between us rightly: do not be unjust and guide us to the right way.


22. He was alarmed because the two men had appeared in the private quarters of the ruler of the land suddenly, by climbing over the wall, instead of going before him by the proper entrance.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Sad verse 22 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Sad ayat 21 which provides the complete commentary from verse 21 through 25.

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