The Holy Quran 38:33 — Surah Sad

Arabic text

رُدُّوهَا عَلَىَّ ۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ

Translation

(He then commanded his servants saying,) "Return them (the horses) to me." He then began to strike their legs and manes (their necks with his sword, thereby slaughtering them all. He did this as an offering to Allaah to make amends for his mistake. Since eating horses was permissible in his Shari'ah, he fed the meat to the people).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Sulayman ﵇ and the horses for jihad: that is, there were presented to him highly pedigreed, well-trained, swift and light-footed horses that had been reared for jihad. Inspecting them took a long time, until the sun set. Perhaps in this occupation he was unable to recite even his regular afternoon devotion. Thereupon he said, “No matter.

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