Surah Sad 38:32 — translation and meaning
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فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّي حَتَّى تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ
Word by Word
فَقَالَ
faqala
And he said
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed I
أَحْبَبْتُ
ahbabtu
[I] preferred
حُبَّ
hubba
(the) love
الْخَيْرِ
al-khayri
(of) the good
عَن
an
for
ذِكْرِ
dhik'ri
(the) remembrance
رَبِّي
rabbi
(of) my Lord
حَتَّى
hatta
Until
تَوَارَتْ
tawarat
they were hidden
بِالْحِجَابِ
bil-hijabi
in the veil
Transliteration
Faqaala inneee ahbabtu hubbal khairi 'an zikri Rabbee hattaa tawaarat bilhijaab
Translation
And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until the sun disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So Solomon said: “I preferred love of wealth, these horses being part of it, over the remembrance of my Lord until the sun set.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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