وَوَهَبْنَا And We gave wawahabnā to Dawood lidāwūda Sulaiman sulaymāna an excellent niʿ'ma slave l-ʿabdu Indeed, he innahu (was) one who repeatedly turned awwābun
And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].
إِذْ When idh were displayed ʿuriḍa to him ʿalayhi in the afternoon bil-ʿashiyi excellent bred steeds l-ṣāfinātu excellent bred steeds l-jiyādu
[Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses.
فَقَالَ And he said faqāla Indeed, I innī [I] preferred aḥbabtu (the) love ḥubba (of) the good l-khayri over ʿan (the) remembrance dhik'ri (of) my Lord rabbī Until ḥattā they were hidden tawārat in the veil bil-ḥijābi
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]."
رُدُّوهَا Return them ruddūhā to me ʿalayya Then he began faṭafiqa (to) pass (his hand) masḥan over the legs bil-sūqi and the necks wal-aʿnāqi
[He said], "Return them to me," and set about striking [their] legs and necks.