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An-Naml 28

Ayah 28 of 93 · Meccan

ٱذۡهَب بِّكِتَٰبِي هَٰذَا فَأَلۡقِهۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَٱنظُرۡ مَاذَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢٨

Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱذۡهَبGoidh'hab
  2. بِّكِتَٰبِيwith my letterbikitābī
  3. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  4. فَأَلۡقِهۡand deliver itfa-alqih
  5. إِلَيۡهِمۡto themilayhim
  6. ثُمَّThenthumma
  7. تَوَلَّturn awaytawalla
  8. عَنۡهُمۡfrom themʿanhum
  9. فَٱنظُرۡand seefa-unẓur
  10. مَاذَاwhatmādhā
  11. يَرۡجِعُونَthey returnyarjiʿūna

Tafsir

Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return." So Solomon wrote a letter and handed it to the hoopoe, and said to it: “Take this letter of mine, and give it to the people of Saba and hand it over to them, and step aside from them so you can hear what they say discuss regarding it”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran