قال لقد ظلمك بسوال نعجتك الى نعاجه وان كثيرا من الخلطاء ليبغي بعضهم على بعض الا الذين امنوا وعملوا الصالحات وقليل ما هم وظن داوود انما فتناه فاستغفر ربه وخر راكعا واناب ۩ ٢٤
Nabi Daud berkata: " Sesungguhnya ia telah berlaku zalim kepadamu dengan meminta kambingmu itu (sebagai tambahan) kepada kambing-kambingnya; dan sesungguhnya kebanyakan dari orang-orang yang bergaul dan berhubungan (dalam berbagai-bagai lapangan hidup), setengahnya berlaku zalim kepada setengahnya yang lain, kecuali orang-orang yang beriman dan beramal soleh; sedang mereka amatlah sedikit!" Dan Nabi Daud (setelah berfikir sejurus), mengetahui sebenarnya Kami telah mengujinya (dengan peristiwa itu), lalu ia memohon ampun kepada Tuhannya sambil merebahkan dirinya sujud, serta ia rujuk kembali (bertaubat).
I know what it feels like to respond to a situation and immediately feel that I was being tested?
What a beautiful practice modeled by Dawood (as) here.... To not just ask for forgiveness, but to physically fall down into bowing or prostration and to turn to Allah during that moment of clarity.
May Allah always allow us to remember Him when He tests us. Ameen.
This passage talks about two brothers who entered upon Prophet Dawud AS, and one of them complained that the other had asked him and pressured him into giving him him his only sheep (despite having 99 of his own).
Prophet Dawud responded by saying that his brother had wronged him and was unjust by asking him for this sheep. Mufti Shafi' Uthmani explains in Ma'ariful Quran that this shows us that:
In the Name of Allaah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate,
I have read the story of Dawud Alahis salaam and the test that he underwent regarding his judgement for the possession of sheep. Initially, I did not quite understand it very well if I am being honest, I wanted to understand it better in order to apply the lessons here. So previously I prayed to Allah to allow me to understand it and take lesson from it.