Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Saba, Ayah 10

Saba · Ayah 10 · View Ayah
۞ وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ مِنَّا فَضْلًۭا ۖ يَٰجِبَالُ أَوِّبِى مَعَهُۥ وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۖ وَأَلَنَّا لَهُ ٱلْحَدِيدَ
And We certainly gave David from Us bounty. [We said], "O mountains, repeat [Our] praises with him, and the birds [as well]." And We made pliable for him iron,

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And verily We bestowed on David a great favour from Us — prophethood and scripture — and We said ‘O mountains repeat with him in praise by making glorifications and the birds too!’ read wa’l-tayra in the accusative as a supplement to the syntactical locus of jibāl ‘mountains’ in other words and We also called on them to glorify God with him. And We made iron malleable for him so that it was as dough in his hands.

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(And assuredly We gave David grace) kingship and prophethood (from Us, (saying): O you hills and birds, echo his psalms of praise) hymn Allah's praise with David! (And We made the iron supple unto him) doing with it as he pleased, as he did with clay,

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