Sad, verse 36

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1. Then We subjected fasakharnā
2. to him lahu
3. the wind l-rīḥa
4. to flow tajrī
5. by his command bi-amrihi
6. gently rukhāan
7. wherever ḥaythu
8. he directed aṣāba

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 38:34.

How Allah tested Sulayman then made Things easy for Him Allah says, وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَنَ (And indeed, We tried Sulayman) meaning, `We tested him.' وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ جَسَداً (and We placed on his throne Jasad (a body)). ثُمَّ أَنَابَ (and he returned.) means, after this test, he turned back to Him and asked for forgiveness and to be given a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after him. قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكاً لاَّ يَنبَغِى لاًّحَدٍ مِّن بَعْدِى إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ (He said: "My Lord! Forgive me, and bestow upon me a kingdom such as…

• Verse 34 وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَـٰنَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ We certainly tested Solomon, reducing him to a mere skeleton on his throne.
• Verse 35 قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ He turned to Us and prayed: ‘Lord forgive me! Grant me such power as no one after me will have- You are the Most Generous Provider.’
• Verse 36
• Verse 37 وَٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ and the jinn––every kind of builder and diver
• Verse 38 وَءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِى ٱلْأَصْفَادِ and others chained in fetters.

• سخر sīn khā rā
• روح rā wāw ḥā
• جري jīm rā yā
• امر alif mīm rā
• رخو rā khā wāw
• حيث ḥā yā thā
• صوب ṣād wāw bā

• Command الأمر
• Weather الطقس
• wind
• Wind الريح

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