یَـٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَـٰكَ خَلِیفَةࣰ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱحۡكُم بَیۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ فَیُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِیلِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ یَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِیلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمۡ عَذَابࣱ شَدِیدُۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ یَوۡمَ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ۝٢٦
yādāwūdu innā jaʿalnāka khalīfatan fī l-arḍi fa-uḥ'kum bayna l-nāsi bil-ḥaqi walā tattabiʿi l-hawā fayuḍillaka ʿan sabīli l-lahi inna alladhīna yaḍillūna ʿan sabīli l-lahi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun bimā nasū yawma l-ḥisāb
Abdel Haleem: ‘David, We have given you mastery over the land. Judge fairly between people. Do not follow your desires, lest they divert you from God’s path: those who wander from His path will have a painful torment because they ignore the Day of Reckoning.’

Interlinear Analysis

1
yādāwūdu
داوُد
Root: د ا و د
Noun
2
innā
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
3
jaʿalnāka
جَعَلَ
Root: ج ع ل
Verb
4
khalīfatan
خَلِيفَة
Root: خ ل ف
Noun
5
فِي
Root: ف ي
Prep.
6
l-arḍi
أَرْض
Root: أ ر ض
Noun
7
fa-uḥ'kum
حَكَمَ
Root: ح ك م
Verb
8
bayna
بَيْن
Root: ب ي ن
Noun
9
l-nāsi
ناس
Root: أ ن س
Noun
10
bil-ḥaqi
حَقّ
Root: ح ق ق
Noun
11
walā
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
12
tattabiʿi
اتَّبَعَ
Root: ت ب ع
Verb
13
l-hawā
هَواء
Root: ه و ي
Noun
14
fayuḍillaka
أَضَلَّ
Root: ض ل ل
Verb
15
ʿan
عَن
Root: ع ن
Prep.
16
sabīli
سَبِيل
Root: س ب ل
Noun
17
l-lahi
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
18
inna
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
19
alladhīna
الَّذِي
Root: ا ل ذ ي
Noun
20
yaḍillūna
ضَلَّ
Root: ض ل ل
Verb
21
ʿan
عَن
Root: ع ن
Prep.
22
sabīli
سَبِيل
Root: س ب ل
Noun
23
l-lahi
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
24
لَهُمْ
lahum
Noun
25
ʿadhābun
عَذاب
Root: ع ذ ب
Noun
26
shadīdun
شَدِيد
Root: ش د د
Noun
27
bimā
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
28
nasū
نَسِيَ
Root: ن س ي
Verb
29
yawma
يَوْم
Root: ي و م
Noun
30
l-ḥisābi
حِساب
Root: ح س ب
Noun