Quiz time (54): Which Prophet was suddenly faced with two claimants who later turned out to be angels testing him?

 

Quiz time (54): Which Prophet was suddenly faced with two claimants who later turned out to be angels testing him?

 

 

Ans:  Dawood(pbuh).

 

 Angels Teach David About Fairness.

 

One day, as David was praying in his prayer niche, he ordered his guards not to allow anyone to interrupt him, but two men managed to enter and disturb him. "Who are you?" he asked. One of the men said: "Do not be frightened. We have a dispute and have come for your judgment." David said: "What is it?" The first man said: "This is my brother, has ninety nine sheep, and I have one.

 

He gave it to me but took it back." David, without hearing from the other party said: "He did you Wrong by taking the sheep back, and many partners oppress one another, except for those who are believers."

 

The two men vanished like a cloud, and David realized that they were two angels sent to him to teach him a lesson. He should not have passed a judgment without hearing from the opposing party.

 

Almighty Allah told us of this incident:

 

“And has the news of the litigants reached you? When they climbed over the wall into (his) Mihrab (a praying place or a private room). When they entered in upon David, he was terrified of them, they said: Fear not! (We are) two litigants, one of whom has wronged the other; therefore judge between us with truth, and treat us not with injustice, and guide us to the RightWay."

 

"Verily, this is my brother (in religion) has ninety nine ewes, while I have only one ewe, and hesays: 'Hand it over to me,' and he overpowered me in speech."

 

David said immediately without listening to the opponent: "He has wronged you in demanding your ewe in addition to his ewes. And, verily, many partners oppress one another, except those who believe and do righteous good deeds, and they are few."

 

And David guessed that We have tried him and he sought Forgiveness of his Lord, and he fell down prostrate and turned to Allah in repentance. So We forgave him that, and verily, for him is a near access to Us, and as good place of final return Paradise. O David! Verily! We have placed you as a successor on earth, so judge you between men in truth and justice. And follow not your desire for it will mislead you from the Path of Allah. Verily! Those who wander astray from the Path of Allah shall have a severe torment, because they forgot the Day of Reckoning. (Ch 38:21-26 Quran)

Source:  Stories of Prophets  by Ibn Kathir:  Page -148-149

Allah knows the best .

 

By Mohammed Asif Ali. #MohammedAsifAli



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