Verse. 3987

٣٨ - ص

38 - Sad

اِصْبِرْ عَلٰي مَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوٗدَ ذَا الْاَيْدِ۝۰ۚ اِنَّہٗۗ اَوَّابٌ۝۱۷
Isbir AAala ma yaqooloona waothkur AAabdana dawooda tha alaydi innahu awwabun

English

Ahmed Ali

Bear with patience what they say, and remember Our votary David, man of strength. He surely turned to Us in penitence.

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (bear) o muhammad (with what they say) in your rejection, (and remember our bondman david) he says: mention to them the event of our slave david, (lord of might) who had strength for our worship. (lo! he was ever turning in repentance (towards allah)) he was obedient, always engaged in the worship of allah.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : god, exalted be he, says: bear patiently what they say and remember our servant david, the one of fortitude, that is to say, [the one] of fortitude in worship: he used to fast every other day and keep vigil for half the night, sleep for a third and then keep vigil for the [last] sixth. indeed he was a penitent [soul], always returning to what pleases god.