{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/03402.htm","path":"isl/quran/03402.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/03402.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n10. Walaqad atayna dawooda minna fadlan ya jibalu awwibee maAAahu waalttayra waalanna lahu alhadeeda\n10. We bestowed Grace aforetime\n On David from Ourselves:\n \"O ye Mountains! sing ye\n Back the Praises of God\n With him! and ye birds\n (Also)! And We made\n The iron soft for him;\u2014\n11. Ani iAAmal sabighatin waqaddir fee alssardi waiAAmaloo salihan innee bima taAAmaloona baseerun\n11. (Commanding), \"Make thou\n Coats of mail, balancing well\n The rings of chain armour,\n And work ye righteousness;\n For be sure I see\n (Clearly) all that ye do.\"\n12. Walisulaymana alrreeha ghuduwwuha shahrun warawahuha shahrun waasalna lahu AAayna alqitri wamina aljinni man yaAAmalu bayna yadayhi bi-ithni rabbihi waman yazigh minhum AAan amrina nuthiqhu min AAathabi alssaAAeeri\n12. And to Solomon (We\n Made) the Wind (obedient):\n Its early morning (stride)\n Was a month's (journey),\n And its evening (stride)\n Was a month's (journey);\n And We made a Font\n Of molten brass to flow\nFor him; and there were\n Jinns that worked in front\n Of him, by the leave\n Of his Lord, and if any\n Of them turned aside\n From Our command, We\n Made him taste\n Of the Penalty\n Of the Blazing Fire.\n13. YaAAmaloona lahu ma yashao min mahareeba watamatheela wajifanin kaaljawabi waqudoorin rasiyatin iAAmaloo ala dawooda shukran waqaleelun min AAibadiya alshshakooru\n13. They worked for him\n As he desired, (making) Arches,\n Images, Basons\n As large as Reservoirs,\n And (cooking) Cauldrons fixed\n (In their places): \"Work ye,\n Sons of David, with thanks!\n But few of My servants\n Are grateful!\"\n14. Falamma qadayna AAalayhi almawta ma dallahum AAala mawtihi illa dabbatu al-ardi ta/kulu minsaatahu falamma kharra tabayyanati aljinnu an law kanoo yaAAlamoona alghayba ma labithoo fee alAAathabi almuheeni\n14. Then, when We decreed\n (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them\n His death except a little\n Worm of the earth, which\nKept (slowly) gnawing away\n At his staff: so when he\n Fell down, the Jinns saw\n Plainly that if they had\n Known the unseen, they\n Would not have tarried\n In the humiliating Penalty\n (Of their Task).\n15. Laqad kana lisaba-in fee maskanihim ayatun jannatani AAan yameenin washimalin kuloo min rizqi rabbikum waoshkuroo lahu baldatun tayyibatun warabbun ghafoorun\n15. There was, for Sab\u0101,\n Aforetime, a Sign in their\n Home-land\u2014two Gardens\n To the right and to the left.\n \"Eat of the Sustenance (provided)\n By your Lord, and be grateful\n To Him: a territory fair and happy,\n And a Lord Oft-Forgiving!\n16. FaaAAradoo faarsalna AAalayhim sayla alAAarimi wabaddalnahum bijannatayhim jannatayni thawatay okulin khamtin waathlin washay-in min sidrin qaleelin\n16. But they turned away\n (From God), and We sent\n Against them the flood\n (Released) from the Dams,\nAnd We converted their two\n Garden (rows) into \"gardens\"\n Producing bitter fruit,\n And tamarisks, and some few\n (Stunted) Lote-trees.\n17. Thalika jazaynahum bima kafaroo wahal nujazee illa alkafoora\n17. That was the Requital\n We gave them because\n They ungratefully rejected Faith:\n And never do We give\n (Such) requital except to such\n As are ungrateful rejecters.\n18. WajaAAalna baynahum wabayna alqura allatee barakna feeha quran thahiratan waqaddarna feeha alssayra seeroo feeha layaliya waayyaman amineena\n18. Between them and the Cities\n On which We had poured\n Our blessings, We had placed\n Cities in prominent positions,\n And between them We had\n Appointed stages of journey\n In due proportion: \"Travel therein,\n Secure, by night and by day.\"\n19. Faqaloo rabbana baAAid bayna asfarina wathalamoo anfusahum fajaAAalnahum ahadeetha wamazzaqnahum kulla mumazzaqin inna fee thalika laayatin likulli sabbarin shakoorin\n19. But they said: \"Our Lord!\n Place longer distances\nBetween our journey-stages\":\n But they wronged themselves (therein).\n At length We made them\n As a tale (that is told),\n And We dispersed them\n All in scattered fragments.\n Verily in this are Signs\n For every (soul that is)\n Patiently constant and grateful.\n20. Walaqad saddaqa AAalayhim ibleesu thannahu faittabaAAoohu illa fareeqan mina almu/mineena\n20. And on them did Satan\n Prove true his idea,\n And they followed him, all\n But a Party that believed.\n21. Wama kana lahu AAalayhim min sultanin illa linaAAlama man yu/minu bial-akhirati mimman huwa minha fee shakkin warabbuka AAala kulli shay-in hafeethun\n21. But he had no authority\n Over them,\u2014except that We\n Might test the man who\n Believes in the Hereafter\n From him who is in doubt\n Concerning it: and thy Lord\n Doth watch over all things.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XXXIV.: Sab\u0101, or the City of Sa...","type":"page"}