The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 807
PT. 23 ṢĀD CH. 38 قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلى David said, “Surely, he has. 25 نِعَاجِه وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَيَبْغِى wronged thee in demanding thy ewe to add to his own ewes. transgress against one another, بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا And certainly many partners وَعَمِلُوا الصّلِحَتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّاهُمْ وَظَنَّ except those who believe in God and do good works; and دَاوُدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنُّهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ these are but few. ' And David رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَة perceived that We had tried him; so he asked forgiveness of his Lord, and fell down bowing in worship and turned to Him. 3395 電 فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُ ذَلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفَى So We forgave him that and. 26 وَحُسْنَ مَابِ indeed, he had a position of nearness with Us and an excellent retreat. 3396 seemed to have invented, on the spur of the moment, in an endeavour to disabuse his mind of any misgiving he might have entertained about them, and to set his fear at rest. 3395. Commentary: David was not taken in by the mask of ordinary litigants that the two intruders had put on; he saw through the game. Though he did not lose his presence of mind and gave his circumstances. He prayed to God and sought Divine protection against the schemes and conspiracies of his enemies. The insinuation behind the tale of the litigants was that David was a tyrant who was extending his domination over small and weak neighbouring tribes. 3396. Important Words: غفر الشيء. We forgave him) غفرنا means, he concealed or hid the thing. غفر. God forgave him his sins : غفر الله له decision like a sane and sedate judge yet he realized that his control over his people had weakened and that, despite the precautions he had taken, he was not quite safe from the schemes and plots of his enemies. He felt that the incident was a reminder from God. So he adopted the only course which the righteous and the God-fearing adopt in such __^) means, he set right the affair (Lane & Aqrab). See also 2:59, 200, 286 & 14:42. 2721 Commentary: The expression may mean, "We gave him Our protection" or "We set his affairs right. " The words, "he had a position of nearness with Us