Sad (The Letter Sad)
Verse 30of 88
وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ﴿٣٠﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].
Word-by-word meaning
وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāAnd We gave
لِدَاوُۥدَlidāwūdato Dawood
سُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۚsulaymānaSulaiman
نِعْمَniʿ'maan excellent
ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖl-ʿabduslave
إِنَّهُۥٓinnahuIndeed, he
أَوَّابٌawwābun(was) one who repeatedly turned
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Sulayman the Son of DawudAllah tells us that he gave Sulayman to Dawud as a Prophet, as He says elsewhere:وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَـنُ دَاوُودَ(And Sulayman inherited Dawud) (27:1). meaning, he inherited prophethood from him. Dawud had other sons besides Sulayman, for he had one hundred free wives.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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