فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ
da sagte er: "Ich habe mich der Liebe der (irdischen) Güter hingegeben und es darüber unterlassen, meines Herrn zu gedenken, bis sie sich hinter dem Vorhang verbarg.
Da sagte er: »Ich habe mich der Liebe der (irdischen) Güter hingegeben und darüber übersehen, meines Herrn zu gedenken, bis sie hinter dem Vorhang verschwand.
He said: "The love of horses is worthy of desire to me for the remembrance of my Lord;" and when they were out of sight, (he said):
(Having watched them for some time,) he said: "Indeed my love for these horses is (not on their own behalf, but) because they serve for the remembrance of my Lord (and conveying His Name to other lands)." And the horses were hidden by the veil of distance.
He said, `I prefer the love of good things because they make (me) remember (God), my Lord.´ And (he remained busy in his devotion and prayer), when these (horses) disappeared (while passing by) behind the veil (of distance),
he would say, "Verily, I have come to love the love of all that is good because I bear my Sustainer in mind!" 29 -[repeating these words as the steeds raced away,] until they were hidden by the veil [of distance 30 whereupon he would command],
He said: verily I have loved the love of earthly good above the remembrance of my Lord until the sun hath disappeared behind the veil.
Therefore Sulaiman said, “I cherish the love of these horses *, out of remembrance of my Lord”; he then ordered them to be raced until they vanished in a curtain out of sight. (To be used in holy war.)
And he said, "Surely I have preferred the good things (of the world) over (or because of) the remembrance of my Lord." - until they were taken out of sight behind a veil (or the sun was hidden behind the veil of night).
He said: "That I , I loved/liked love (of) the good/honour/wealth on (over) mentioning/remembering my Lord, until it became hidden/concealed (disappeared) at the divider/protection ."
and he said: "Surely I have adopted the love of these good things with a view to glorify my Rabb." In testing race of the steeds, when they disappeared from sight,
When well-bred, swift (horses) were brought to him at evening --
he said, "My love of horses for the cause of God has made me continue watching them until sunset, thus making me miss my prayer".
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.
Then he said: Surely I preferred the good things to the remembrance of my Lord-- until the sun set and time for Asr prayer was over, (he said):
And he said: "Alas! I did love the good (these horses) instead of remembering my Lord (in my 'Asr prayer)" till the time was over, and (the sun) had hidden in the veil (of night).
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):