Two rewards for judging, even when wrong
A ruling about people who try and get it wrong.
وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِى ٱلْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَـٰهِدِينَ فَفَهَّمْنَـٰهَا سُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۚ وَكُلًّا ءَاتَيْنَا حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَسَخَّرْنَا مَعَ دَاوُۥدَ ٱلْجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحْنَ وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۚ وَكُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ
Wa Dāwūda wa Sulaymāna idh yaḥkumāni fi-l-ḥarth… fa-fahhamnāhā Sulaymān, wa kullan ātaynā ḥukman wa ʿilmā.
“And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night],1 and We were witness to their judgement. And We gave understanding of it [i.e., the case] to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].1”
One of them got the better answer. Both are praised in the same verse.
Source
The Qur'an · 21:78-79
- Qur'anic text in the Uthmani script via Quran.com; translation: Saheeh International