Surah Sad · Ayah 26

Meaning of Surah Sad, Ayah 26

Ya dawoodu inna jaAAalnakakhaleefatan fee al-ardi fahkum bayna annasibilhaqqi wala tattabiAAi alhawa fayudillakaAAan sabeeli Allahi inna allatheena yadilloonaAAan sabeeli Allahi lahum AAathabun shadeedun bimanasoo yawma alhisab

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1. يَـٰدَاوُۥدُyādāwūduO Dawood
2. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
3. جَعَلْنَـٰكَjaʿalnāka[We] have made you
4. خَلِيفَةًۭkhalīfatana vicegerent
5. فِىfīin
6. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
7. فَٱحْكُمfa-uḥ'kumso judge
8. بَيْنَbaynabetween
9. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] men
10. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
11. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
12. تَتَّبِعِtattabiʿifollow
13. ٱلْهَوَىٰl-hawāthe desire
14. فَيُضِلَّكَfayuḍillakafor it will lead you astray
15. عَنʿanfrom
16. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
17. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
18. إِنَّinnaIndeed
19. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
20. يَضِلُّونَyaḍillūnago astray
21. عَنʿanfrom
22. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
23. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
24. لَهُمْlahumfor them
25. عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
26. شَدِيدٌۢshadīdunsevere
27. بِمَاbimābecause
28. نَسُوا۟nasūthey forgot
29. يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
30. ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi(of) Account