Dāwūd ﷺ
داودCommonly rendered in English as David.
King of Banū Isrāʾīl, defeated Jālūt (Goliath) as a young man with a stone. Given the Zabūr. His voice, the traditions say, moved mountains.
- Era
- c. 1000 BCE traditional
- Region
- Jerusalem
- Sent to
- Banū Isrāʾīl
- Revelation received
- The Zabūr (Psalms)
Khalīfah
References in the library
Passages that mention Dāwūd
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"Allah granted David kingship wisdom and taught him what he willed if it were not for Allah checking some people by means of others"
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"David was skilled with a slingshot and while marching with the Israelites a stone called out to him saying"
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"dual form, as in the verse. And, mentioned David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field,"
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