38:26 yaa daawuudu in-naa ja'Alnaaka khaliyfatan fiyl arDi faHkum baynan naasi bil Haq-qi wa laa tat-tabi'Il hawaa fa yuDil-laka 'An sabiylil-laah* in-nal-ladhiyna yaDil-luuna 'An sabiylil-laahi lahum 'Adhaabun shadiydum bimaa nasuu yawmal Hisaab

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
"O Dawud! We have indeed appointed you as a Viceroy in the earth, therefore judge between mankind with the truth, and do not follow desire for it will lead you astray from Allah's path; indeed for those who stray away from Allah's path is a severe punishment, because they forgot the Day of Reckoning."

Yusuf Ali:
O David! We did indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth: so judge thou between men in truth (and justice): Nor follow thou the lusts (of thy heart), for they will mislead thee from the Path of Allah: for those who wander astray from the Path of Allah, is a Penalty Grievous, for that they forget the Day of Account.

Pickthal:
(And it was said unto him): O David! Lo! We have set thee as a viceroy in the earth; therefor judge aright between mankind, and follow not desire that it beguile thee from the way of Allah. Lo! those who wander from the way of Allah have an awful doom, forasmuch as they forgot the Day of Reckoning.