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Prophet #16 · c. 1000 BCE traditional

Dāwūd

داود

Commonly 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

  1. "Allah granted David kingship wisdom and taught him what he willed if it were not for Allah checking some people by means of others"

  2. "David was skilled with a slingshot and while marching with the Israelites a stone called out to him saying"

  3. "dual form, as in the verse. And, mentioned David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field,"

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