وَلَقَدۡ
فَتَنَّا
سُلَيۡمَٰنَ
وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا
عَلَىٰ
كُرۡسِيِّهِۦ
جَسَدٗا
ثُمَّ
أَنَابَ
٣٤
And indeed, We tested Solomon, placing a ˹deformed˺ body on his throne,1 then he turned ˹to Allah in repentance˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body;1 then he returned.2
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
How Allah tested Sulayman then made Things easy for Him
Allah says,
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَنَ
(And indeed, We tried Sulayman) meaning, `We tested him.'
وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ جَسَداً
(and We placed on his throne Jasad (a body)).
ثُمَّ أَنَابَ
(and he returned.) means, after this test, he turned
…How Allah tested Sulayman then made Things easy for Him
Allah says,
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَنَ
(And indeed, We tried Sulayman) meaning, `We tested him.
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