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An-Naml 42

Ayah 42 of 93 · Meccan

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتۡ قِيلَ أَهَٰكَذَا عَرۡشُكِۖ قَالَتۡ كَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَۚ وَأُوتِينَا ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مِن قَبۡلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسۡلِمِينَ ٤٢

So when she arrived, it was said [to her], "Is your throne like this?" She said, "[It is] as though it was it." [Solomon said], "And we were given knowledge before her, and we have been Muslims [in submission to Allāh].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammā
  2. جَآءَتۡshe camejāat
  3. قِيلَit was saidqīla
  4. أَهَٰكَذَاIs like thisahākadhā
  5. عَرۡشُكِۖyour throneʿarshuki
  6. قَالَتۡShe saidqālat
  7. كَأَنَّهُۥIt is likeka-annahu
  8. هُوَۚithuwa
  9. وَأُوتِينَاAnd we were givenwaūtīnā
  10. ٱلۡعِلۡمَthe knowledgel-ʿil'ma
  11. مِنbefore hermin
  12. قَبۡلِهَاbefore herqablihā
  13. وَكُنَّاand we have beenwakunnā
  14. مُسۡلِمِينَMuslimsmus'limīna

Tafsir

So when the queen of Sheba came to Solomon, it was said to her to test her: “Is this how your throne is?” She answered according to the question: “It is as though it was that”. Allah has granted us knowledge before her and we were submitting to Allah’s order and obeying Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran