Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
But [ere this], indeed, We had tried Solomon by placing upon his throne a [lifeless] body; and thereupon he turned [towards Us; and]
Arthur John Arberry
Certainly We tried Solomon, and We cast upon his throne a mere body; then he repented
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a body (without life); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion)
Arabic
وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا سُلَیۡمَـٰنَ وَأَلۡقَیۡنَا عَلَىٰ كُرۡسِیِّهِۦ جَسَدࣰا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ ٣٤
Transliteration (2021)
walaqad fatannā sulaymāna wa-alqaynā ʿalā kur'siyyihi jasadan thumma anāb