Surah Al-Anbiyaa
Chapter 21 · Verse 78 · Revealed in Makkah
“And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night], and We were witness to their judgement.”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
Dawud and Sulayman and the Signs which They were given; the Story of the People whose Sheep pastured at Night in the Field
Abu Ishaq narrated from Murrah from Ibn Mas`ud: "That crop was grapes, bunches of which were dangling." This was also the view of Shurayh. Ibn `Abbas said: "Nafash means grazing." Shurayh, Az-Zuhri and Qatadah said: "Nafash only happens at night." Qatadah added, "and Al-Haml is grazing during the day."
وَدَاوُودَ وَسُلَيْمَـنَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِى الْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ الْقَوْمِ
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
Commentary
نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ الْقَوْمِ the goats of the people wandered therein grazing - 21:78). In Arabic language the word نَفَشَ (translated above as 'wandering and grazing' ) means an animal getting into a field at night and damaging it.
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