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˹Remember˺ when the well-trained, swift horses were paraded before him in the evening.

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He then proclaimed, “I am truly in love with ˹these˺ fine things out of remembrance for my Lord,” until they went out of sight.

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˹He ordered,˺ “Bring them back to me!” Then he began to rub down their legs and necks.1 

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And indeed, We tested Solomon, placing a ˹deformed˺ body on his throne,1 then he turned ˹to Allah in repentance˺.

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He prayed, “My Lord! Forgive me, and grant me an authority that will never be matched by anyone after me. You are indeed the Giver ˹of all bounties˺.”

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So We subjected to him the wind, blowing gently at his command to wherever he pleased.

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And ˹We subjected to him˺ every builder and diver1 of the jinn,

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and others bound together in chains.

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˹Allah said,˺ “This is Our gift, so give or withhold ˹as you wish˺, never to be called to account.”

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And he will indeed have ˹a status of˺ closeness to Us and an honourable destination!

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