كِتَٰبٌ

أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ

إِلَيۡكَ

مُبَٰرَكٞ

لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓاْ

ءَايَٰتِهِۦ

وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ

أُوْلُواْ

ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ

٢٩

˹This is˺ a blessed Book which We have revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ so that they may contemplate its verses, and people of reason may be mindful.

And We blessed David with Solomon—what an excellent servant ˹he was˺! Indeed, he ˹constantly˺ turned ˹to Allah˺.

˹Remember˺ when the well-trained, swift horses were paraded before him in the evening.

He then proclaimed, “I am truly in love with ˹these˺ fine things out of remembrance for Allah,” until they went out of sight.

˹He ordered,˺ “Bring them back to me!” Then he began to rub down their legs and necks.¹ 

And indeed, We tested Solomon, placing a ˹deformed˺ body on his throne,¹ then he turned ˹to Allah in repentance˺.

He prayed, “My Lord! Forgive me, and grant me an authority that will never be matched by anyone after me. You are indeed the Giver ˹of all bounties˺.”

So We subjected to him the wind, blowing gently at his command to wherever he pleased.

And ˹We subjected to him˺ every builder and diver¹ of the jinn,

and others bound together in chains.

˹Allah said,˺ “This is Our gift, so give or withhold ˹as you wish˺, never to be called to account.”