سَبَأ : ١٢

  • وَلِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ And to Sulaiman
  • ٱلرِّيحَ the wind
  • غُدُوُّهَا its morning course
  • شَهۡرٞ (was) a month
  • وَرَوَاحُهَا and its afternoon course
  • شَهۡرٞۖ (was) a month
  • وَأَسَلۡنَا and We caused to flow
  • لَهُۥ for him
  • عَيۡنَ a spring
  • ٱلۡقِطۡرِۖ (of) molten copper
  • وَمِنَ And [of]
  • ٱلۡجِنِّ the jinn
  • مَن who
  • يَعۡمَلُ worked
  • بَيۡنَ before him
  • يَدَيۡهِ before him
  • بِإِذۡنِ by the permission
  • رَبِّهِۦۖ (of) his Lord
  • وَمَن And whoever
  • يَزِغۡ deviated
  • مِنۡهُمۡ among them
  • عَنۡ from
  • أَمۡرِنَا Our Command
  • نُذِقۡهُ We will make him taste
  • مِنۡ of
  • عَذَابِ (the) punishment
  • ٱلسَّعِيرِ (of) the Blaze
And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind - its morning [journey was that of] a month - and its afternoon [journey was that of] a month, and We made flow for him a spring of [liquid] copper. And among the jinn were those who worked for him by the permission of his Lord. And whoever deviated among them from Our command - We will make him taste of the punishment of the Blaze.
And, We disposed, for Solomon the wind (the nominative reading of al-reehu would be based on an implicit [missing verb] sakhkharnaa, 'We disposed') its morning course, meaning its journey from the morning to the noon, was a month's journey and its evening course, that is, its journey from the noon to sunset, was a month's journey. And We caused a fount of [molten] copper to flow for him, in other words, We caused the copper to melt for him, and so the fount flowed for three days and nights like water, and to this day people have been using of that [copper] which was given to Solomon [at that time]. And of the jinn [there] were those who worked before him by the leave, by the command, of his Lord. And such of them as deviated from Our command, to him to obey him [Solomon], We would make them taste the chastisement of the Blaze, the Hellfire in the Hereafter - but it is also said, [that their chastisement was] in this world, in which case an angel would smite one of them with a lash thereof that would scorch him.