وَهَلْ أَتَاکَ نَبَأُ الْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَ(( 21 ))
21- HAS THE STORY OF THE COMPLAINANTS COME TO YOU WHEN THEY CLIMBED UP TO THE SANCTUARY. (OF DAVID)
إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَى دَاوُودَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا لاَ تَخَفْ خَصْمَانِ بَغَى بَعْضُنَا عَلَى بَعْض فَاحْکُمْ بَیْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلاَ تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَا إِلَى سَوَاءِ الصِّرَاطِ(( 22 ))
22- WHEN THEY ENTERED UPON DAVID (OUT OF A SUDDEN), SO THAT HE WAS AFRAID OF THEM! THEY SAID:- ``DON'T BE AFRAID. WE ARE TWO COMPLAINANTS, ONE OF WHOM HAS WRONGED THE OTHER.'' SO YOU JUDGE BETWEEN US JUSTLY AND TRANSGRESS NOT, AND GUIDE US TO THE STRAIGHT PATH.
إِنَّ هَذَا أَخِی لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَ لِىَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَکْفِلْنِیهَا وَعَزَّ نِی فِی الْخِطَابِ(( 23 ))
23- THIS BROTHER OF MINE HAS NINETY NINE EWES, AND I HAVE ONLY ONE EWE.
THEN HE SAID; PUT IT UNDER MY CHARGE, AND HAS OVERCOME ME IN DISCOURSE.
قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَکَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِکَ إِلَى نِعَاجِهِ وَإِنَّ کَثِیراً مِنَ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَیَبْغِی بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْض إِلاَّ الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَلِیلٌ مَا هُمْ وَظَنَّ دَاوُودُ أَ نَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاکِعاً وَأَنَابَ(( 24 ))
24- (DAVID) SAID:- ``VERILY HE HAS BEEN UNJUST TO YOU BY ASKING (TO ADD) YOUR EWE TO HIS EWES; AND MANY OF THE PARTNERS (IN THEIR BUSINESS) WRONG EACH OTHER, EXCEPT THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND DO GOOD DEEDS, AND FEW ARE THEY.''
THEN DAVID REALIZED THAT WE HAD TRIED HIM. SO HE ASKED FOR HIS LORD'S FORGIVENESS, AND FELL DOWN BOWING AND REPENTED.
فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُ ذَلِکَ وَإِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفَى وَحُسْنَ مَآب(( 25 ))
25- THEN WE FORGAVE HIM THAT; AND FOR HIM IS A NOBLE POSITION WITH US AND GOOD RETURN.