P:  And assuredly We gave David grace from Us, (saying):  O ye hills and birds, echo his psalms of praise!  And We made the iron supple unto him,

S:  And certainly We gave to Dawood excellence from Us:  O mountains! sing praises with him, and the birds; and We made the iron pliant to him,

034.011 Y:  (Commanding), “Make thou coast of mail, balancing well the rings of chain armour, and work ye righteousness; for be sure I see (clearly) all that ye do.”

P:  Saying:  Make thou long coats of mail and measure the links (thereof).  And do ye right.  Lo!  I am Seer of what ye do.

S:  Saying:  Make ample (coats of mail), and assign a time to the making of coats of mail and do good; surely I am Seeing what you do.

034.012 Y:  And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient):  Its early morning (stride) was a month’s (journey), and its evening (stride) was a month’s (journey); and We made a Font of molten brass to flow for him; and there were jinns that worked in front of him, by the leave of his Lord, and if any of them turned aside from Our command, We made him taste of the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.

P:  And unto Solomon (We gave) the wind, whereof the morning course was a month’s journey and the evening course a month’s journey, and We caused the fount of copper to gush forth for him, and (We gave him) certain of the jinn who worked before him by permission of his Lord.  And such of them as deviated from Our command, them We caused to taste the punishment of flaming fire.

S:  And (We made) the wind (subservient) to Sulaiman, which made a month’s journey in the morning and a month’s journey in the evening, and We made a fountain of molten copper to flow out for him, and of the jinn there were those who worked before him by the command of his Lord; and whoever turned aside from Our command from among them, We made him taste of the punishment of burning.

034.013 Y:  They worked for him as he desired, (making) Arches, Images, Basons as large as Reservoirs, and (cooking) Cauldrons fixed (in their places):  “Work ye, sons of David, with thanks! but few of My servants are grateful!”

P:  They made for him what he willed:  synagogues and statues, basins like wells and boilers built into the ground.  Give thanks, O House of David!  Few of My bondmen are thankful.

S:  They made for him what he pleased of fortresses and images, and bowls (large) as watering-troughs and cooking-pots that will not move from their place; give thanks, O family of Dawood! and very few of My servants are grateful.

034.014 Y:  Then, when We decreed (Solomon’s) death, nothing showed them his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his staff:  so when he fell down, the jinns saw plainly that if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating Penalty (of their Task).

P:  And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them save a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff.  And when he fell the jinn saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil.