The Prophets
Dāwūd عليه السلام
داود
Given the Zabūr, the mountains and birds joining him in praise. Killed Jālūt as a young man and was given kingship and sound judgement.
What he faced
Holding power and judging between people while remaining answerable himself.
In the Qurʾān
Qurʾān 2:251 · Qurʾān 38:17–26 · Qurʾān 34:10–11
His duʿāʾ — 2
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Sūrat An-Naml
27:15
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ عِلْمًۭا وَقَالَا ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى فَضَّلَنَا عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍۢ مِّنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Al-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī faḍḍalanā ʿalā kathīrin min ʿibādihi al-muʾminīna
English · Marmaduke Pickthall And We verily gave knowledge unto David and Solomon, and they said: Praise be to Allah, Who hath preferred us above many of His believing slaves!
Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Andolsun ki biz, Davud'a ve Süleyman'a bir ilim verdik. Onlar: "Bizi mümin kullarının birçoğundan üstün kılan Allah'a hamd olsun" dediler.
From Sūrat An-Naml, 27:15. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
Commentary and related duʿāʾ →
- Source
- The Book of Psalms
Psalm 51:1–2 - Status
- Outside the Qurʾān and Sunnah
No Arabic original — this passage is not Qurʾānic.
English · World English Bible Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.
Türkçe · unreviewed project draft Ey Allah'ım, lütfunla bana merhamet et. Rahmetinin çokluğuyla isyanlarımı sil. Beni kötülüğümden tamamen yıka ve günahımdan arındır.
The best-known penitential psalm, traditionally attributed to David. Outside the Qurʾān and the Sunnah, with no Islamic chain of transmission — included because the Qurʾān records that Dāwūd sought forgiveness (38:24) without quoting his words.
