Quran 21 : 78

And Dawud and Sulaiman, when they judged concerning the field, when pastured in it sheep (of) a people, and We were to their judgment witness.
وَدَاوُۥدَ
Wadāwuda
وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ
Wasulaymaāna
إِذْ
Iidh
يَحْكُمَانِ
Yaḥkumāni
فِى
Fiā
ٱلْحَرْثِ
Alḥarthi
إِذْ
Iidh
نَفَشَتْ
Nafashat
فِيهِ
Fīhi
غَنَمُ
Ghanamu
ٱلْقَوْمِ
Alqawmi
وَكُنَّا
Wakunnā
لِحُكْمِهِمْ
Liḥukmihim
شَٰهِدِينَ
Shaāhidīna

Mir Aneesuddin

And We helped him against the people who denied Our signs. They were certainly an evil people so We drowned them all together.

N J Dawood 2014

And tell of David and Solomon: how they passed judgement regarding the cornfield in which strayed lambs of some people had grazed by night

Corpus.Quran

And Dawud and Sulaiman when they judged concerning the field when pastured in it sheep (of) a people and We were to their judgment witness

Rashad Khalifa

And David and Solomon, when they once ruled with regard to someone's crop that was destroyed by another's sheep, we witnessed their judgment.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

And David and Solomon they passed judgment upon the tilled land on which the people?s sheep had strayed. We bore witness to their judgment, an

Samy Mahdy

And David and Solomon, when they judged in the tilth, as the kinfolk’s sheep pastured therein by night; and We were to their judgment, witnessing.

Muhammad Sarwar

David and Solomon were trying to settle the case of the people's sheep that grazed in a corn-field at night. We witnessed their decree in that matter

Abdel Haleem

And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgement regarding the field into which sheep strayed by night and grazed. We witnessed their judgemen

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Regarding David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the case of the crop damaged by the sheep of some people. We were witnesses to their judgment.

The Wise Quran

And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when the people's sheep strayed therein; and We were witnesses to their judgment;

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

AndDavid and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the case of the crop that was damaged by the sheep of the people, and We were witness to their judgment.

Arthur John Arberry

And David and Solomon -- when they gave judgment concerning the tillage, when the sheep of the people strayed there, and We bore witness to their judgment

Bijan Moeinian

As for David and Solomon, I was witnessing when they were trying the case of the field in which the sheep of certain people had entered and grazed at night

Aisha Bewley

And Dawud and Sulayman when they gave judgement about the field, when the people´s sheep strayed into it at night. We were Witness to their judgement.

Safi Kaskas

And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field into which some people's sheep had strayed [at night]. We were witness to their judgment

Bakhtiari Nejad

And (remember) David and Solomon when they judged about the field that people’s sheep grazed in it during the night, and We were witnesses to their judgment.

Mustaqim

And Dawud (David) and Sulayman (Solomon), when they judged about the harvest, when the sheep of the people strayed into it, and We witnessed their judgement.

Edward Henry Palmer

And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when some people's sheep had strayed therein at night; and we testified to their judgment

John Medows Rodwell

And David and Solomon; when they gave judgment concerning a field when some people's sheep had caused a waste therein; and we were witnesses of their judgment

Linda "iLham" Barto

[Remember] David and Solomon. They gave judgment in the matter of the field into which the sheep of certain people had strayed. We witnessed their judgment.

Ali Quli Qara'i

And David and Solomon when they gave judgement concerning the tillage when the sheep of some people strayed into it by night, and We were witness to their judgement

Hamid S. Aziz

And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when some people´s sheep had strayed therein at night; and We were witness to their judgment

Irving/Hegab

And when David and Solomon both passed judgment on the field where some people's sheep had strayed to pasture there at night, We acted as Witnesses for their decision.

Musharraf Hussain

Remember when Dawud and Sulayman were making judgement regarding the cornfield where some people’s sheep had wandered off to graze. We were Witness of their judgement.

Fode Drame

And David and Solomon when they both gave judgment about the field into which the cattle of the people grazed in over the night and We were witnesses to their judgment.

Shakir

And Dawood and Sulaiman when they gave judgment concerning the field when the people's sheep pastured therein by night, and We were bearers of witness to their judgment

Talal Itani (2012)

And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the case of the field, when some people's sheep wandered therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And Dawud (David) and Sulayman (Solomon) as they gave judgment concerning the tillage, as the sheep of the people roamed therein, and We were witnesses to their judgment

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when people's sheep had strayed and browsed therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment

The Study Quran

And [remember] David and Solomon, when they rendered judgment regarding the tillage, when the people’s sheep strayed therein by night. And We were Witness to their judgment

Wahiduddin Khan

Tell of David and Solomon who both passed judgement on the field into which some peoples sheep had strayed [and grazed] at night. We bore witness to their judgement

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when the people’s sheep strayed therein by night, and We were bearers of witness to their judgment

Mustafa Khattab 2018

And ˹remember˺ when David and Solomon passed judgment regarding the crops ruined ˹at night˺ by someone’s sheep, and We were witness to their judgments.

T.B.Irving

And when David and Solomon both passed judgment on the field where some people´s sheep had strayed to pasture there at night, We acted as Witnesses for their decision.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the matter of the field into which the sheep of certain people had strayed by night: We did witness their judgment

Bilal Muhammad 2018

And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the matter of the field, into which the sheep of certain people had strayed by night. We did witness their judgment

Dr. Kamal Omar

And (remember) Daud and Sulaiman when the two pronounce judgement in the case of the field when pastured therein the sheep of a nation and We were Witnesses to their judgment

Ahmed Ali

(Remember) David and Solomon, when they pronounced judgement about the field which was eaten up at night by sheep belonging to certain people. We were witness to their judgement

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night], and We were witness to their judgement

Mohammad Shafi

And David and Solomon — when they gave their judgments in the matter of the field wherein the sheep of some people pastured by night. And We bore witness to their judgments.h

Abdul Hye

And (remember) David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the case of the field in which the sheep of certain people had pastured (at night) and We were witness to their judgment,

Dr. Munir Munshey

And don´t forget Daood and Sulaiman as they sat in judgment, hearing the case of the field that had been overrun at night by goats of other folks. We were overseeing their judgment

Munir Mezyed

(Mention) ‘David’ and ‘Solomon’, when they judged concerning the field in which the sheep of certain people had strayed and browsed therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment.

MunirMezyed2023

And (mention) David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field in which the sheep of certain people had strayed and browsed therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And mention David and Solomon, when they give judgment about cultivation when a herd of the sheep of his folk strayed. And to their critical judgment We had been ones who bear witness.

Faridul Haque

And remember Dawud and Sulaiman, when they were deciding the dispute of a field, when some people’s sheep had strayed into it at night; and We were Present at the time of their deciding

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And remember Daud and Suleman when they gave decision regarding a feud of tillage when the sheep of certain people strayed therein by night, and We were present at the time of their judgement.

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And David and Soliman when they (B) judge/rule in the agricultural land/plants, when the nation's sheep/goats grazed at night/spread in it, and We were to their judgment/rule witnessing/present

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And Daud and Sulaiman! recall what time they gave judgment regarding the tillage when certain people's sheep had pastured therein at night; and of the judgment concerning them We were the Witnesses

George Sale

And remember David, and Solomon, when they pronounced judgment concerning a field, when the sheep of certain people had fed therein by night, having no shepherd; and We were witnesses of their judgment

Hilali - Khan

And (remember) Dawood (David) and Sulaiman (Solomon), when they gave judgement in the case of the field in which the sheep of certain people had pastured at night and We were witness to their judgement

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And (remember) Dawood (David) and Sulaiman (Solomon), when they judged in the matter of the field into which the sheep of certain people had accidentally entered by night: We did witness their judgment

Maududi

We bestowed the same favour upon David and Solomon. Recall, when they gave judgement regarding a tillage into which the sheep of some people had strayed at night, and We were witnesses to their judgement

Sher Ali

And remember David and Solomon when they exercised their respective judgements concerning the crop, when the sheep of certain people strayed therein by night, and WE were bearers of witness to their judgment

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And (remember) Dawud (David) and Sulaiman (Solomon), when they were adjudicating about the tillage in which the goats of other people wandered at night (and trampled it), and We were witness to their judgment

Ahmed Hulusi

And remember David and Solomon too... How the two of them both made a judgment concerning the field and how the sheep of the people strayed into the field (and grazed at night)... We were witnesses to their judgment.

Ali Ünal

(Among those whom We made leaders were) David and Solomon. The two were once judging a case regarding a field into which the sheep of some other people had strayed at night. We were watching and witnessing their judgment

Shabbir Ahmed

And David and Solomon ruled in great justice. They gathered the straying sheep, the masses of their kingdom, when they were bent upon destroying their own crop of prosperity. We are Witness to their benevolent governance

Muhammad Asad

AND [remember] David and Solomon - [how it was] when both of them gave judgment concerning the field into which some people’s sheep had strayed by night and pastured therein, and [how] We bore witness to their judgment

Amatul Rahman Omar

And (We bestowed Our favours on) David and Solomon. Behold! they gave their (respective) judgment in the disputed matter about a certain crop when the sheep of a certain people strayed into it at night, and We were bearers of witness to the judgment they gave (them)

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And (also call to mind the account of) Dawud (David) and Sulayman (Solomon) when both of them were to decide (the dispute) of a crop when the goats of a tribe, unattended by the shepherd, entered the field at night (and destroyed it). And We were witnessing their judgment