وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُودَ سُلَیْمَانَ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ(( 30 ))
30- AND WE GRANTED SOLOMON TO DAVID, (WHO WAS) A GOOD SERVANT (OF US), AND HE WAS VERY PENITENT.
إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَیْهِ بِالْعَشِىِّ الصَّافِنَاتُ الْجِیَادُ(( 31 ))
31- (REMEMBER) WHEN IN THE EVENING THE SWIFT HORSES WERE PRESENTED TO HIM.
فَقَالَ إِ نِّی أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَیْرِ عَنْ ذِکْرِ رَبِّی حَتَّى تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ(( 32 ))
32- HE SAID:- ``I LOVED THE LOVE OF THESE GOODS (HORSES) FOR THE SAKE OF MY LORD. (HE WATCHED THEM) UNTIL THEY WERE HIDDEN BY A VEIL. (DISAPPEARED FROM HIS SIGHT).
رُدُّوهَا عَلَىَّ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحاً بِالسُّوقِ وَالاَْعْنَاقِ(( 33 ))
33- (THE HORSES SEEMED SO LOVELY TO HIM THAT HE SAID:-) RETURN THEM BACK TO ME! AND HE BEGAN TO STROKE THEIR LEGS AND NECKS. (CARESS THEM)