سُوْرَةُ صٓ
Surah Saad (38) — Ayah 33
رُدُّوهَا عَلَىَّ ۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ ﴿33﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then he said "Bring them (horses) back to me." Then he began to pass his hand over their legs and their necks (till the end of the display).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
رُدُّوهَا
ruddūhā
Return them
عَلَىَّ ۖ
ʿalayya
to me
فَطَفِقَ
faṭafiqa
Then he began
مَسْحًۢا
masḥan
(to) pass (his hand)
بِٱلسُّوقِ
bil-sūqi
over the legs
وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ
wal-aʿnāqi
and the necks
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
33. 1. The meaning of this verse: The meaning will be that due to the inspection of the horses, the Asr prayer or a special devotional act of Prophet Sulaiman (علیہ السلام) was missed, which he used to perform at that time, and this caused him great distress. He said that I became so engrossed in the love of horses that the sun was veiled by the horizon and the remembrance of Allah, prayer, or devotional act was missed. Therefore, to make amends and compensate for this, he killed all the horses in the way of Allah. Imam Shawkani and Ibn Kathir, etc., have preferred this interpretation.
