We bestowed Solomon on David who was an excellent devotee, for he turned to God in penitence.
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'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and we bestowed on david, solomon. how excellent a slave! lo! he was ever turning in repentance (towards allah)) he is ever betaking himself to allah and engaged in his obedience.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and we bestowed on david, solomon, his son — what an excellent servant!, that is, solomon. truly he was a penitent [soul], always returning [to god] with glorification and remembrance at all times.
