Have you heard of the litigants who jumped over the wall into his chamber?
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and hath the story of the litigants come unto thee?) then came to you the story of the opponents of david. (how they climbed the wall into the royal chamber;
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and has there come to you, o muhammad (s) (the purpose of the interrogative [indicated by hal] here is to provoke curiosity and a desire to listen to what will follow) the tale of the disputants, when they scaled the sanctuary?, david’s sanctuary, that is, his place of prayer, for they had been prohibited from entering by the [front] gates because of his being engaged in worship, in other words, [has it come to you] their tale and their account?
