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not go near them. In this way does Allah make ‘Allah will test you with a river. Anyone who
His Signs clear to people so that hopefully they drinks from it is not with me. But anyone who
will guard against evil. (2:187) does not taste it is with me–except for him who
(His servants are) the steadfast, the truthful, the merely scoops up a little in his hand.’ But they
obedient, the givers, and those who seek forgive- drank from it–except for a few of them. Then
ness before dawn. (3:17) when he and those who believed with him had
He (Zakariyya) said, ‘My Lord, appoint a Sign for crossed it, they said, ‘We do not have the
me.’ He said, ‘Your Sign is that you will not speak strength to face Goliath and his troops today.’ But
to people for three days, except by gesture. those who were sure that they were going to
Remember your Lord much and glorify Him in meet Allah said, ‘How many a small force has tri-
the evening and after dawn.’ (3:41) umphed over a much greater one by Allah’s per-
It is He Who splits the sky at dawn, and appoints mission! Allah is with the steadfast.’ (2:249)
the night as a time of stillness and the sun and When they came out against Goliath and his
moon as a means of reckoning. That is what the troops, they said, ‘Our Lord, pour down stead-
Almighty, the All-Knowing has ordained. (6:96) fastness upon us, and make our feet firm, and
Perform prayer from the time the sun declines help us against this disbelieving people.’ (2:250)
until the darkening of the night, and also the And with Allah's permission they routed them.
recitation at dawn. The dawn recitation is cer- Dawud killed Goliath and Allah gave him king-
tainly witnessed. (17:78) ship and wisdom and taught him whatever He
You who believe! Those you own as slaves and willed. If it were not for Allah’s driving some
those of you who have not yet reached puberty people back by means of others, the earth would
should ask your permission to enter at three have been corrupted. But Allah shows favour to
times: before the Dawn Prayer, when you have all the worlds. (2:251)
undressed at noon, and after the Prayer of We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh
Night–three times of nakedness for you. There is and the Prophets who came after him. And We
nothing wrong for you or them at other times in revealed to Ibrahim and Isma‘il and Ishaq and
moving around among yourselves from one to Ya‘qub and the Tribes, and ‘Isa and Ayyub and
another. In this way Allah makes the Signs clear Yunus and Harun and Sulayman. And We gave
to you. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (24:58) Dawud the Zabur. (4:163)
And they (the people who guard against evil) Those among the tribe of Israel who disbelieved
would seek forgiveness before the dawn. (51:18) were cursed on the tongue of Dawud and that of
We unleashed a sudden squall of stones against ‘Isa, son of Maryam. That is because they re-
all of them, except the family of Lut, who We res- belled and overstepped the limits. (5:78)
cued before dawn. (54:34) We gave him Ishaq and Ya‘qub, each of whom
And (I swear by) the dawn when it grows bright. We guided. And before him We had guided Nuh.
(74:34) And among his descendants were Dawud and
And (I swear) by the dawn when it exhales. Sulayman, and Ayyub, Yusuf, Musa and Harun.
(81:18) That is how We recompense the good-doers.
By the dawn. (89:1) (6:84)
It (the Night of Power) is Peace–until the coming My Lord knows best everyone in the heavens and
of the dawn. (97:5) earth. We favoured some of the Prophets over
By the charging horses panting hard, striking others. And We gave Dawud the Zabur. (17:55)
sparks from their flashing hooves, raiding at full And Dawud and Sulayman when they gave
gallop in the early dawn. (100:1-3) judgement about the field, when the people’s
sheep strayed into it at night. We were Witness to
DAWUD (AS) (DAVID) their judgement. (21:78)
When Talut marched out with the army, he said, We gave Sulayman understanding of it. We gave
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