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Ayah 34 of 88 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا سُلَيۡمَٰنَ وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا عَلَىٰ كُرۡسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدٗا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ ٣٤

And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body;1 then he returned.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Said to be a devil or a lifeless body (one without capability), but Allāh alone knows.

2 To sovereignty and to Allāh in repentance.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. فَتَنَّاWe triedfatannā
  3. سُلَيۡمَٰنَSulaimansulaymāna
  4. وَأَلۡقَيۡنَاand We placedwa-alqaynā
  5. عَلَىٰonʿalā
  6. كُرۡسِيِّهِۦhis thronekur'siyyihi
  7. جَسَدٗاa bodyjasadan
  8. ثُمَّthenthumma
  9. أَنَابَhe turnedanāba

Tafsir

And I tested Solomon and put on his chair part of a child, and that was when he swore by Allah that he will sleep with all of his wives and each one of them will bring forth a horseman to strive in Allah’s way. But he did not say in this oath of his: “if Allah wills”. So he slept with all of them, but none of them gave birth except one who gave birth to part of a child. Then Solomon repented to his Lord.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran