وَجَدتُّهَا
وَقَوۡمَهَا
يَسۡجُدُونَ
لِلشَّمۡسِ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَزَيَّنَ
لَهُمُ
ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ
أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ
فَصَدَّهُمۡ
عَنِ
ٱلسَّبِيلِ
فَهُمۡ
لَا
يَهۡتَدُونَ
٢٤
Ich fand sie und ihr Volk die Sonne statt Allah anbeten; und Satan hat ihnen ihre Werke ausgeschmückt und hat sie vom Weg (Allahs) abgehalten, so daß sie dem Weg nicht folgen.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
How the Hoopoe came before Sulayman and told Him about Saba'
Allah says:
فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
(But (the hoopoe) stayed not long,) meaning, he was absent for only a short time. Then he came and said to Sulayman:
أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ
(I have grasped which you have not grasped) meaning, `I have
…How the Hoopoe came before Sulayman and told Him about Saba'
Allah says:
فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
(But (the hoopoe) stayed not long,) meaning, he was abse
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