وَوَهَبۡنَا
لِدَاوُۥدَ
سُلَيۡمَٰنَۚ
نِعۡمَ
ٱلۡعَبۡدُ
إِنَّهُۥٓ
أَوَّابٌ
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And We bestowed on David, Solomon. How excellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah).
— M. Pickthall
And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].
— Saheeh International
To David We gave Solomon (for a son),- How excellent in Our service! Ever did he turn (to Us)!
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Sulayman the Son of Dawud
Allah tells us that he gave Sulayman to Dawud as a Prophet, as He says elsewhere:
وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَـنُ دَاوُودَ
(And Sulayman inherited Dawud) (27:1). meaning, he inherited prophethood from him. Dawud had other sons besides Sulayman, for he had one hundred free wives.
نِعْمَ ال
…Sulayman the Son of Dawud
Allah tells us that he gave Sulayman to Dawud as a Prophet, as He says elsewhere:
وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَـنُ دَاوُودَ
(And Sulayman i
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