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Ayah 32 of 88 · Meccan

فَقَالَ إِنِّيٓ أَحۡبَبۡتُ حُبَّ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتۡ بِٱلۡحِجَابِ ٣٢

And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until it [i.e., the sun] disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَقَالَAnd he saidfaqāla
  2. إِنِّيٓIndeed, Iinnī
  3. أَحۡبَبۡتُ[I] preferredaḥbabtu
  4. حُبَّ(the) loveḥubba
  5. ٱلۡخَيۡرِ(of) the goodl-khayri
  6. عَنoverʿan
  7. ذِكۡرِ(the) remembrancedhik'ri
  8. رَبِّي(of) my Lordrabbī
  9. حَتَّىٰUntilḥattā
  10. تَوَارَتۡthey were hiddentawārat
  11. بِٱلۡحِجَابِin the veilbil-ḥijābi

Tafsir

So Solomon said: “I preferred love of wealth, these horses being part of it, over the remembrance of my Lord until the sun set.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran