Quran Ayah Sad (The Letter Sad) 38:34 - 70+ Translation Comparison

But [ere this], indeed, We had tried Solomon by placing upon his throne a [lifeless] body; and thereupon he turned [towards Us; and]

Certainly We tried Solomon, and We cast upon his throne a mere body; then he repented

And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a body (without life); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion)

walaqad fatannā sulaymāna wa-alqaynā ʿalā kur'siyyihi jasadan thumma anāb

And certainly We tried Sulaiman, and We placed on his throne a body; then he turned.

But [ere this], indeed, We had tried Solomon by placing upon his throne a [lifeless] body; and thereupon he turned [towards Us; and]

And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a body (without life); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion)

And verily We tried Solomon, and set upon his throne a (mere) body. Then did he repent

And indeed, We tested Solomon, placing a ˹deformed˺ body on his throne, then he turned ˹to Allah in repentance˺.

We tried Solomon by placing upon his throne a [lifeless] body; and thereupon he turned towards Us]

But [previously], We had indeed tested Solomon [by] placing a lifeless body on his throne, he then turned toward us

And, certainly, We tried Solomon. We cast a lifeless body on his seat. Again, he was penitent.

We tested Solomon and dropped a[nother] body on his seat; then he repented.

And certainly We tried Sulaiman, and We put on his throne a (mere) body, so he turned (to Allah)

And indeed, We did test Solomon and We placed on his throne a body (a devil, so he lost his kingdom for a while), then he did return (to Allah with repentance, and to his throne by the Grace of Allah).

And WE did test Solomon when WE imposed a body upon his seat. Thereafter he turned to God:

And We did indeed try Solomon, and We cast a corpse upon his throne. He then repented

We tested Solomon and placed a body upon his throne. Then he turned back.

We tested Solomon, and placed a body on his throne; then he repented

Behold, We also put Solomon to test and placed a mere body on his throne, then he turned to Us in repentance

And surely, indeed We put Sulaiman to test when We dropped on his chair Jasadan [a mere body (Sulaiman probably felt a sudden disappearance of physical power in his body and while trying to sit, he fell on the chair in semi-paralysed fashion. This could be to make him remind that all power, whether of the physical body or as head of a magnificent empire, proceeds from Allah,)] then (instead of blaming Allah) he turned (to Allah for forgiveness and mercy)

We certainly put Sulaiman through a test. We raised (his heir) to the throne to be just a figure _ just a body (inept and incompetent). Then He repented and turned back (from his desire to bequeath the throne to one of his own descendants)

And, indeed We did try Sulaiman (Solomon): We placed a body (without life) on his throne: (Like giving him power without giving him a soul) but he turned (to Us in true devotion)

And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body; then he returned

We tested Solomon by (causing death to his son) and leaving his body on Solomon's chair. Then he turned to Us in repentance

And indeed We tested Sulaiman while We threw on his throne a body after which he turned (to Us)

(That was Solomon and) We indeed tried him, and set upon his throne a mere body, and thereupon he turned to Us. (His son, the crown prince Rehoboam was just a hopeless presence (34:14). Until that point in history, the Kingdom of Israel was inherited among the generations of Prophet Jacob)

And indeed We already tempted Sulayman, (Solomon) and We cast upon his chair a corporeal (form); thereafter he turned penitent

And certainly We tried Solomon, and We put on his throne a mere (soulless) body; then did he repent

We certainly tested Solomon, reducing him to a mere skeleton on his throne

And assuredly We tried Sulaiman, and set upon his throne a mere body. Thereafter he was penitent

We surely tried Solomon, and placed another body on his throne. So he turned to Go

We tested Sulayman and placed a lifeless body on his throne. Then he made tawba.

Indeed, We tried Solomon and placed a lifeless body upon his throne. Afterwards, he turned (to God) in contrition

Certainly We tried Solomon, and cast a [lifeless] body on his throne. Thereupon he was penitent

And We had tested Solomon, and slumped a form upon his throne, then he repented.

We tested Sulayman with an illness, so he became thin as a skeleton sat on his throne, then turned devoutly to Us.

And We tried Solomon. We placed on his throne a body, but he turned to Us

And We certainly tested Solomon by throwing a (dead) body on his chair, then he repented.

Surely We put Solomon to the test and cast upon his throne a mere body. Thereupon he penitently turned (to Us)

And We did certainly put Solomon on trial by placing upon his throne a [lifeless] body; and thereupon he turned in repentance to Us

And undoubtedly, We tested Sulaiman and placed on his throne a lifeless body, then he turned repented.

We thus put Solomon to the test; we blessed him with vast material wealth, but he steadfastly submitted.

Indeed, We tried Solomon and placed a body (of a child) upon his throne, then he repented

And We indeed tested Sulaiman, and placed a dead body on his throne – he therefore inclined towards His Lord

This is the way that I put Solomon to test; [unlike Job being tested with poverty] with vast material wealth [and he did not forget God’s regular worshipping while being extremely wealthy from any point of view.] I put a mere body on his throne [probably reference to an out of body experience.]

And certainly we tried Solomon, and We put on his throne a (mere) body, so he turned (to Allah)

And We had (E) tested/charmed Soliman and We threw on his throne/seat a body then he repented

Certainly, WE tried Solomon and WE placed on his throne a mere body. Then he turned to God, seeking his mercy

We tested Solomon and placed a corpse on his throne, but he then repented.

Behold! We tried Solomon (too) and We placed on his throne (of kingdom) a (mere) body (without any spirit or faith). Then he turned (to God seeking His mercy)

And indeed, We (also) put Sulayman (Solomon) to trial, and placed an (unusually created) body on his throne. Then he regained (the rule)

And, indeed We did try Sulaiman (Solomon) and We placed on his throne Jasadan (a devil, so he lost his kingdom for a while) but he did return (to his throne and kingdom by the Grace of Allah and he did return) to Allah with obedience and in repentance

We put Solomon to the proof and placed a body upon his throne, so that he at length repented

Certainly We tried Solomon, and We cast upon his throne a mere body; then he repented

And we did try Solomon, and we threw upon his throne a form; then he turned repentant

We also tried Solomon, and placed on his throne a counterfeit body: Afterwards he turned unto God

We also made trial of Solomon, and placed a phantom on his throne: whereupon he returned to Us (in penitence)

And (Wa) certainly (Laqad') We tested (Fatanna) Solomon (Sulai'maana) and bore down (Al'qai'na) a body (Jasadan) on (Älaa) his throne (Kur'siyyi-hi); then (Thumma) he repented (Anaab).

And We had indeed tried Solomon and had thrown upon his chair a lifeless body then he returned to Us in repentance.

And We certainly tried Solomon and cast upon his throne a mere body. So he (rushed and) turned to Us in repentance.

And We tested Sulayman (Solomon) and placed a (mere) body onto his throne, then he repented.

We tested Solomon. We placed a [thoughtless] body on his throne, and he did turn [to Us].

And surely, We tested Solomon and cast a body on his throne, then he turned penitent.

We tested Solomon and dropped a[nother] body on his seat; then he repented.

And We already infatuated Solomon, and We cast a lifeless body on his chair; then he was penitent.

We had tried Solomon, and placed a body on his throne. He then turned to Us,

Certainly We tried Solomon, and cast a [lifeless] body on his throne. Thereupon he was penitent.

Indeed, We tried Solomon and placed a lifeless body on his throne (an heir with no faith)... Then he turned in repentance.

And indeed, We tried Sulayman and We placed on his throne Jasad (a body), and he returned.

We have tested Solomon, and We placed a corpse on his seat whereby he turned to Us in repentance.

And certainly We did try Solomon, and We cast on his throne a (mere) body; then he repented.

And We indeed tried Sulaiman and We put on his throne a body, then he turned (to Allah).

We decided to try Sulayman like We tried the other Messengers and test his true inclination worldly and spiritually, We seated a phantom on his throne. No sooner did it come to his mind that he was tried than he in lowliest plight repentant stood

And surely, certainly We tried Solomon, and We threw a body on his throne; then he repented.

And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a body (without life); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion)

And We tested Solomon and placed a corpse upon his throne, but he then repented

And We tested Solomon and placed a corpse on his throne, but he then repented

And certainly We tried Sulaiman, and We placed on his throne a body; then he turned

Walaqad fatanna sulaymana waalqayna AAala kursiyyihi jasadan thumma anaba