Sulaymān عليه السلام · asking for something large without apologising for asking
Forgive me, and grant me a kingdom
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Sūrat Saad
38:35 - Extent
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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًۭا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍۢ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ
Rabbi ighfir lī wa-hab lī mulkan lā yanbaghī liʾaḥadin min baʿdī ʾinnaka ʾanta al-wahhābu
When and why it was said
In the Qur’an (38:35), Sulaiman asks forgiveness and a unique kingdom by Allah’s gift.
Qurʾān 38:35
Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
He said ‘My Lord! Forgive me and grant me a kingdom that shall not belong to anyone after me in other words other than me this use of min ba‘dī to mean ‘other than me’ is similar to Q. 4523 fa-man yahdīh min ba‘di’Llāh ‘who will guide him other than God?’. Truly You are the Bestower’.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com
Reflection
Seek Allah’s forgiveness even when granted power.