Saad 38:32
The letter Saad · ayah 32 of 88
فَقَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّى حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِٱلْحِجَابِ
Faqala innee ahbabtu hubbaalkhayri AAan thikri rabbee hatta tawaratbilhijab
"And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until it [i.e., the sun] disappeared into the curtain [of darkness].""
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"he kept saying, ‘My love of fine things is part of my remembering my Lord!’ until [the horses] disappeared from sight-"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And he said: Lo! I have preferred the good things (of the world) to the remembrance of my Lord; till they were taken out of sight behind the curtain."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"And he said, "Truly do I love the love of good, with a view to the glory of my Lord,"- until (the sun) was hidden in the veil (of night):"