DAVID AND PROPHET NATHAN (FROM 2 SAMUEL 12)

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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 05)
DAVID AND BATHSHEBA (2 SAMUEL 11) Verses 26-29

      The Lord sent prophet Nathan to David. Nathan went to him and said:- ``There were two men who lived in the same town. One was rich and the other poor. The rich man had many cattle and sheep, while the poor man had only one lamb, which he had bought. He took care of it, and it grew up in his home with his children. He would feed it with some of its own food, let it drink from his cup and hold it in his lap... One day a visitor arrived at the rich man's home. The rich man didn't want to kill one of his own animals to prepare a meal for him; instead, he took the poor man's lamb and cooked a meal for his guest.''

      David was very angry with the rich man and said:- ``I swear by the living Lord that the man who did this ought to die! For having done such a cruel thing, he must pay back four times as much as he took.''

      You are the man said Nathan to David, and this is what the Lord of Israel said:- ``I made you king of Israel and rescued you from Saul. I gave you his kingdom and his wives; I made you king over Israel and Judah...why then have you disobeyed me. Why did you do this evil things? Why you had Uriah killed in the battle. You let the Ammonites kill him and then you took his wife! Now in every generation some of your descendants will die a violent death because you have disobeyed me and have taken Uriah's wife. I swear to you that I will cause some one from your own family to bring trouble on you. You will see it when I take your wives from you and give them to another man, and he will have intercourse with them in broad daylight. You sinned in secret, but I will make this happen in broad daylight for all Israel to see.''

      The Lord caused the child that Uriah's wife had born to David became very ill. David prayed to God for the child's health, but a week later the child died. After that Bathsheba born another son to David whom they named Solomon.

      The incident of judgement of David narrated by Bible has nothing to do with that of the Glorious Qurän. In the Bible's story there is no complainants to have asked him for a judgement. Only a prophet called Nathan, goes to David to warn him. In Qurän the object of the short story are two brothers, but in the Bible, there are a poor and a rich man with only one; and the other with many cattle and sheep.

      David in his judgement at first condemns the rich man for the slaughter of only one sheep, but soon after he changes his mind, and decrees that he has to pay back four times as much as he took!

      The Bible says that God forgave David for that heinous sin of which he was unmanly accused.

      But soon after God forgets his forgiveness and severely punishes him a curious punishment, by giving his wives to other men to make love with them! And eventually Bethsheba with her so excellent and noble record becomes the mother of Solomon! What sort of a holy and Divine Book the Bible really is!!

      In the Islamic traditions the ugly and indecent story that is forged about David in the Old Testament has been strictly condemned and denied.

      Hazrat Imam Ali (AS) has said:- ``If anybody is brought to me who has said David the prophet of God has married the wife of Uriah as narrated by the Jews, I will strap him 160 lashes, once for the prophethood and once for Islam as twofold penance.''

      We think that Uriah had been martyred in a sacred war accidentally and king David has after that married his wife if he ever has done that in order to protect her and his household. Such marriage which is lawful was not approved in customs of the Day and there was much ado about nothing caused by David's enemies.

 

 

DAVID AND BATHSHEBA (2 SAMUEL 11) Verses 26-29
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