قَالَ
ٱلَّذِى
عِندَهُۥ
عِلْمٌۭ
مِّنَ
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
أَنَا۠
ءَاتِيكَ
بِهِۦ
قَبْلَ
أَن
يَرْتَدَّ
إِلَيْكَ
طَرْفُكَ ۚ
فَلَمَّا
رَءَاهُ
مُسْتَقِرًّا
عِندَهُۥ
قَالَ
هَـٰذَا
مِن
فَضْلِ
رَبِّى
لِيَبْلُوَنِىٓ
ءَأَشْكُرُ
أَمْ
أَكْفُرُ ۖ
وَمَن
شَكَرَ
فَإِنَّمَا
يَشْكُرُ
لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ
وَمَن
كَفَرَ
فَإِنَّ
رَبِّى
غَنِىٌّۭ
كَرِيمٌۭ
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but one of them who had some knowledge of the Scripture said, ‘I will bring it to you in the twinkling of an eye.’ When Solomon saw it set before him, he said, ‘This is a favour from my Lord, to test whether I am grateful or not: if anyone is grateful, it is for his own good, if anyone is ungrateful, then my Lord is self-sufficient and most generous.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem