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Surah 38. Sad, Ayah 30

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وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ
Wawahabn a lid a wooda sulaym a na niAAma alAAabdu innahu aww a b un
AND UNTO DAVID We granted Solomon [as a son-and] how excellent a servant [of Ours he grew up to be]! Behold, he would always turn unto Us28
  - Mohammad Asad

I.e., he would always think of God, as illustrated by the example given in the sequence.

To Dawood We gave Sulaiman (Solomon), an excellent devotee! Who was frequent in returning to Us.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
And We blessed David with Solomon- what an excellent servant 'he was'! Indeed, he 'constantly' turned 'to Allah'.
  - Mustafa Khattab
And We bestowed on David, Solomon. How excellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah).
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
To David We gave Solomon (for a son) how excellent in Our service! Ever did he turn (to Us)! 4182
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The greatest in this life have yet need of this spiritual blessing: without it all worldly good is futile. Referring back to the story of David, we are now introduced to Solomon, who was a great king but greater still because he served Allah and turned to Him. The Qur-an, unlike the old Testament, represents Solomon as a righteous king, not as an idolater, doing "evil in the sight of the Lord" (1 Kings. xi. 6).

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