Do prophets dance?

Yes the bible says that prophet David danced before people.

"And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart." (II Samuel 6:14-16)

"Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!" (II Samuel 6:20)

Comment

Imagine King David dancing and leaping with all his might while uncovering himself to the crowd.

David's wife, in effect, says,

"Well, you certainly made an ass of yourself at the temple today leaping and dancing about like an idiot and exposing yourself."

Note: An "ephod" describes an embroidered robe that looks similar to a woman's dress(2 Samuel 6:20)

As you read various modern translations of the passage, you find that even translators have had a bad time with these verses. Various translators have translated verse 20 as:

"He exposed himself to the girls along the street...like a common pervert!" (The Living Bible).

"in disrobing himself...in the sight of...as one of the low people might disrobe himself" (The Emphasized Bible).

"as he stripped himself in the sight of his maidservants as a common rake exposes himself" (The Bible: An American Translation).

"exposing himself before women...as any loose fellow would expose himself indecently" (A New Translation of the Bible, Moffatt).

"that exposed his person to man and maid...graceless as a common montebank" (The Holy Bible, Knox).

"uncovering himself...to be ogled by the female servants...as some worthless fellow would strip himself" (The Modern Language Bible, Berkeley).

"who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant girls" (The Bible in Basic English).

"disrobing in the sight of the slave girls...as any vulgar fellow would." (New International Version).

Prophet David in Islam

David was extremely diligent in worship. He cried a lot. Prophet David is described in verse 17 of Suratu Sad as being strong and endeavoring in worship, soft in his heart, and extremely merciful.
He used to stay up at night and perform prayers. He fasted every other day. He ruled with the Torah. He, who is like this, is definitely not one who would send the leader of his army to the battlefield in order for him to get killed, so that he could marry his wife. This is what some misguided people say about Prophet David. They are clearly liars.

Some misguided people misinterpret verses 23-24 in Suratu Sad. These verses refer to lambs. However some say they really refer to “women.” They say that it means that Prophet David did some tremendous sin concerning women. This is false.

In this chapter of the Qur’an, the verse is really referring to lambs. The real chain of events, concerning these lambs is as follows:

Two people who were adversaries had a dispute about a matter and came to Prophet David through the back door. One man told Prophet David, “This is my brother. He has 99 lambs and I only have one lamb. Despite this, he wants to take my one lamb from me, and unjustly add it to his flock!” When David heard that from the first man, he believed he was truthful. Due to this, Prophet David ruled that the second brother did injustice to the first, before listening to the second brother. A judge is supposed to listen to both parties before passing a judgment. It is cited in the Qur’an that David repented of his action. It was a small sin that was not mean.

Those evil misguided people claim that “lambs” mean women, and that the story is meant to symbolize that Prophet David wanted the wife of his general. Al-Halimiyy, As-Subkiyy, and other Islamic scholars exposed the falsehood of those who lied about the honorable Prophet David.