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Sad 38:26

يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةٗ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدُۢ بِمَا نَسُواْ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡحِسَابِ

˹We instructed him:˺ “O David! We have surely made you an authority in the land, so judge between people with truth. And do not follow ˹your˺ desires or they will lead you astray from Allah’s Way. Surely those who go astray from Allah’s Way will suffer a severe punishment for neglecting the Day of Reckoning.”

Word by word

يَٰدَاوُۥدُ
yādāwūdu
O Dawood!
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إِنَّا
innā
Indeed We
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جَعَلۡنَٰكَ
jaʿalnāka
[We] have made you
Vocabulary
Root: جعل
خَلِيفَةٗ
khalīfatan
a vicegerent
Vocabulary
Root: خلف
فِي
fī
in
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ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
Vocabulary
Root: ارض
فَٱحۡكُم
fa-uḥ'kum
so judge
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Root: حكم
بَيۡنَ
bayna
between
Vocabulary
Root: بين
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
[the] men
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Root: نوس
بِٱلۡحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
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Root: حقق
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
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تَتَّبِعِ
tattabiʿi
follow
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Root: تبع
ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
l-hawā
the desire
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Root: هوي
فَيُضِلَّكَ
fayuḍillaka
for it will lead you stray
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Root: ضلل
عَن
ʿan
from
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سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
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Root: سبل
ٱللَّهِۚ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
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Root: اله
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
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يَضِلُّونَ
yaḍillūna
go astray
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Root: ضلل
عَن
ʿan
from
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سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
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Root: سبل
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
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Root: اله
لَهُمۡ
lahum
for them
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عَذَابٞ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
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Root: عذب
شَدِيدُۢ
shadīdun
severe
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Root: شدد
بِمَا
bimā
because
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نَسُواْ
nasū
they forgot
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Root: نسي
يَوۡمَ
yawma
(the) Day
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Root: يوم
ٱلۡحِسَابِ
l-ḥisābi
(of) Account
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Root: حسب

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.