Quran 38:34 Translations ⓘ

Sad (Dawood) 38:34

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَانَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ

Transliteration

Walaqad fatanna sulaymana waalqayna AAala kursiyyihi jasadan thumma anaba

Ahmad Ali

We surely tried Solomon, and placed another body on his throne. So he turned to God

Ali Qarai

Certainly We tried Solomon, and cast a [lifeless] body on his throne. Thereupon he was penitent.

Amhad Khan

And We indeed tested Sulaiman, and placed a dead body on his throne – he therefore inclined towards His Lord.

Arberry

Certainly We tried Solomon, and We cast upon his throne a mere body; then he repented.

Corpus Quran

And certainly We tried Sulaiman, and We placed on his throne a body; then he turned.

Daryabadi

And assuredly We tried Sulaiman, and set upon his throne a mere body. Thereafter he was penitent.

Hilali & Khan

And, indeed We did try Sulaiman (Solomon) and We placed on his throne Jasadan (a devil, so he lost his kingdom for a while) but he did return (to his throne and kingdom by the Grace of Allah and he did return) to Allah with obedience and in repentance.

Maududi

Surely We put Solomon to the test and cast upon his throne a mere body. Thereupon he penitently turned (to Us).

Muhammad Sarwar

We tested Solomon by (causing death to his son) and leaving his body on Solomon's chair. Then he turned to Us in repentance,

Muhammad Shakir

And certainly We tried Sulaiman, and We put on his throne a (mere) body, so he turned (to Allah).

Pickthall

And verily We tried Solomon, and set upon his throne a (mere) body. Then did he repent.

Qaribullah

Indeed, We tried Solomon and placed a body (of a child) upon his throne, then he repented.

Sahih Intl

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

Talal Itani

We tested Solomon, and placed a body on his throne; then he repented.

Wahihuddin Khan

We tried Solomon by placing upon his throne a [lifeless] body; and thereupon he turned towards Us].

Yusuf Ali

And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a body (without life); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion):