1705 - داوودُ عليه السلام‏

1705. DAVID (AS) [DAWUD]

(اصْبِرْ عَلَى‏ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا داوُدَ ذَا الْأَيْدِ إِنَّهُ أوَّابٌ * ... يَا دَاوُدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوَى‏ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ) .¹

"and remember Our servant David, [the man] of strength. Indeed he was a penitent [soul]..."O David! Indeed We have made you a vicegerent on the earth. So judge between people with justice, and do not follow desire, or it will lead you astray from the way of Allah. Indeed those who stary from the way of Allah - there is a severe punishment for them because of their forgetting the Day of Reckoning." ²

(وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِي الزَّبُورِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الذِّكْرِ أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ يَرِثُها عِبَادِيَ الصَّالِحُونَ) .³

"Certainly We wrote in the Psalms, after the Torah: "Indeed My righteous servants shall inherit the earth." ⁴

(اُنظر) النساء : 163 والإسراء : 55 والمائدة : 78 ، 79 والأنعام : 84 والأنبياء : 78 - 80 والنمل : 15 وسبأ : 10 ، 11 .

(See also: Qur'an 4:163, 17:55, 5:78-79, 6:84, 21:78-80, 27:15, 34:10-11)

5990.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أوحَى‏ اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ إلى‏ داوودَ عليه السلام : إنّكَ نِعمَ العَبدُ لَولا أنّكَ تأكُلُ مِن بَيتِ المالِ ولا تَعمَلُ بِيَدِكَ شيئاً . قالَ : فبَكى‏ داوودُ عليه السلام، فأوحَى اللَّه عَزَّوجلَّ إلَى الحَديدِ : أنْ لِنْ لِعَبدي داوودَ ، فلانَ ، فألانَ اللَّهُ تعالى‏ لَهُ الحَديدَ ، فكانَ يَعمَلُ كلَّ يَومٍ دِرعاً فيَبيعُها بألفِ دِرهَمٍ ، فعَمِلَ عليه السلام ثلاثَمِائةٍ وسِتّينَ دِرعاً فباعَها بثلاثِمِائةٍ وسِتِّينَ ألفاً ، واستَغنى‏ عن بَيتِ المالِ .⁵

5990.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Allah Almighty revealed to David (AS), 'You would be a great worshipper, if it was not for the fact that you consume from the treasury and do not labour at all with your own hands.' He said, 'David (AS) then cried, so Allah revealed unto the iron, 'Soften yourself for my worshipper David, and it did.' So, Allah softened the metal for him, and he used to make an armour shield every day, and would sell it for one thousand dirhams. He made three hundred and sixty shields and sold them for three hundred and sixty thousand dirhams, and hence he no longer needed the treasury.' ⁶

5991.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ تباركَ وتعالى‏ أوحى‏ إلى‏ داوودَ عليه السلام : ما لِي أراكَ وَحداناً ؟ قالَ : هَجَرتُ النّاسَ وهَجَروني فيكَ . قالَ : فَما لِي أراكَ ساكِتاً ؟ قالَ : خَشيَتُكَ أسكَتَتني . قالَ : فَما لِي أراكَ نَصِباً ؟ قالَ : حُبُّكَ أنصَبَني. قالَ : فما لِي أراكَ فَقيراً وقَد أفَدتُكَ ؟ قالَ : القِيامَ بحَقِّكَ أفقَرَني . قالَ : فَما لِي أراكَ مُتَذَلِّلاً ؟ قالَ : عَظيمُ جَلالِكَ الّذي لا يُوصَفُ ذَلّلَني ، وحقَّ ذلكَ لكَ يا سيّدي . قالَ اللَّهُ جَلّ جَلالُهُ: فأبشِرْ بالفَضلِ مِنِّي، فَلَكَ ما تُحِبُّ يَومَ تَلقاني ، خالِطِ النّاسَ وخالِقهُم بأخلاقِهِم وزايلْهُم في أعمالِهِم تَنَلْ ما تُريدُ مِنّي يَومَ القِيامَةِ .⁷

5991.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Allah Almighty revealed unto David (AS), 'Why is it that I see you alone?' He said, 'I deserted people and they deserted me because of You.' 'So why is it that I see you quiet?' He said, 'My awe of You has rendered me quiet.' He Almighty asked, 'So why do I see you tired?' He said, 'Your love has tired me.' He Almighty asked, 'So why do I see you poor, whilst I have provided you?' He said, 'Undertaking Your rights has empoverished me.' He Almighty asked, 'So why do I see you humiliated?' He said, 'The greatness of Your indescribable Magnitude has humiliated me, and this is Your right O Master.' Allah Almighty said, 'Then rejoice with grace from Me, for you will have whatever you want when you meet Me. Associate with people to correct their morals, and disassociate from them in their actions, and you will achieve from Me whatever you desire from Me on the Day of Judgment.' ⁸

5992.بحار الأنوار : رُوِيَ أ نّ داوودَ عليه السلام خَرَجَ مُصحِراً مُنفَرِداً ، فأوحَى اللَّهُ إلَيهِ : يا داوودُ ، ما لِي أراكَ وَحدانِيّاً ؟ فقالَ : إلهي اشتَدَّ الشَّوقُ مِنّي إلى‏ لِقائكَ ، وحالَ بَيني وبَينَ خَلقِكَ . فأوحَى اللَّهُ إلَيهِ : ارجِعْ إلَيهِم فإنّكَ إن تأتِني بعَبدٍ آبِقٍ اُثبِتْكَ في اللَّوحِ حَميداً .⁹

5992. It is narrated in Bihar al-Anwar: 'Prophet David (AS) left for the desert by himself, so Allah revealed to him, 'O David, why is it that I see you by yourself?' He said, 'O Allah, my yearning for meeting You has become extreme, and has become an obstruction between me and Your creation.' So, Allah revealed to him, 'Return to them, for if you bring me a runaway servant I will inscribe you in the Tablet as praised.' ¹⁰

5993.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : كانَ داوودُ أعبَدَ البَشَرِ .¹¹

5993.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'David was the greatest worshipper among mankind.' ¹²

5994.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : كانَ النّاسُ يَعودُونَ داوودَ ويَظُنّونَ أنّ بهِ مَرَضاً ، وما بهِ إلّا شِدَّةُ الخَوفِ مِن اللَّهِ تعالى‏ .¹³

5994.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'People would visit David thinking that he was sick, whilst there was nothing wrong with him other than his extreme fear of Allah Almighty.' ¹⁴

5995.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : وأمّا داوودُ فمَلَكَ ما بَينَ الشّاماتِ إلى‏ بلادِ إصطَخرَ ، وكذلكَ كانَ مُلكُ سُلَيمانَ .¹⁵

5995.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'As for David, he owned all that was between al-Shamat, till the land of Istakhr, and the kingdom of Solomon was the same.' ¹⁶