Verse 38:34 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
30
وَوَهَبۡنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَیۡمَـٰنَۚ نِعۡمَ ٱلۡعَبۡدُ إِنَّهُۥۤ أَوَّابٌ ٣٠
wawahabnā lidāwūda sulaymāna niʿ'ma l-ʿabdu innahu awwābu
We gave David Solomon. He was an excellent servant who always turned to God
31
إِذۡ عُرِضَ عَلَیۡهِ بِٱلۡعَشِیِّ ٱلصَّـٰفِنَـٰتُ ٱلۡجِیَادُ ٣١
idh ʿuriḍa ʿalayhi bil-ʿashiyi l-ṣāfinātu l-jiyād
When well-bred light-footed horses were paraded before him near the close of day
32
فَقَالَ إِنِّیۤ أَحۡبَبۡتُ حُبَّ ٱلۡخَیۡرِ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّی حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتۡ بِٱلۡحِجَابِ ٣٢
faqāla innī aḥbabtu ḥubba l-khayri ʿan dhik'ri rabbī ḥattā tawārat bil-ḥijāb
he kept saying, ‘My love of fine things is part of my remembering my Lord!’ until [the horses] disappeared from sight
33
رُدُّوهَا عَلَیَّۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسۡحَۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَاقِ ٣٣
ruddūhā ʿalayya faṭafiqa masḥan bil-sūqi wal-aʿnāq
‘Bring them back!’ [he said] and started to stroke their legs and necks
34
وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا سُلَیۡمَـٰنَ وَأَلۡقَیۡنَا عَلَىٰ كُرۡسِیِّهِۦ جَسَدࣰا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ ٣٤
walaqad fatannā sulaymāna wa-alqaynā ʿalā kur'siyyihi jasadan thumma anāb
We certainly tested Solomon, reducing him to a mere skeleton on his throne
35
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِی وَهَبۡ لِی مُلۡكࣰا لَّا یَنۢبَغِی لِأَحَدࣲ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِیۤۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡوَهَّابُ ٣٥
qāla rabbi igh'fir lī wahab lī mul'kan lā yanbaghī li-aḥadin min baʿdī innaka anta l-wahāb
He turned to Us and prayed: ‘Lord forgive me! Grant me such power as no one after me will have- You are the Most Generous Provider.’
36
فَسَخَّرۡنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّیحَ تَجۡرِی بِأَمۡرِهِۦ رُخَاۤءً حَیۡثُ أَصَابَ ٣٦
fasakharnā lahu l-rīḥa tajrī bi-amrihi rukhāan ḥaythu aṣāb
So We gave him power over the wind, which at his request ran gently wherever he willed
37
وَٱلشَّیَـٰطِینَ كُلَّ بَنَّاۤءࣲ وَغَوَّاصࣲ ٣٧
wal-shayāṭīna kulla bannāin waghawwāṣi
and the jinn––every kind of builder and dive
38
وَءَاخَرِینَ مُقَرَّنِینَ فِی ٱلۡأَصۡفَادِ ٣٨
waākharīna muqarranīna fī l-aṣfād
and others chained in fetters
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