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  • فَقَالَ And he said
  • إِنِّيٓ Indeed I
  • أَحۡبَبۡتُ [I] preferred
  • حُبَّ (the) love
  • ٱلۡخَيۡرِ (of) the good
  • عَن for
  • ذِكۡرِ (the) remembrance
  • رَبِّي (of) my Lord
  • حَتَّىٰ Until
  • تَوَارَتۡ they were hidden
  • بِٱلۡحِجَابِ in the veil
And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until it [i.e., the sun] disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."
He said, 'Lo! I have loved, I have desired, the love of [worldly] good things, that is, [of] horses, over the remembrance of my Lord', that is, [over] the afternoon prayer, until it, that is, the sun, disappeared behind the [night's] veil, [until] it was concealed by that which veils it from sight.