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An-Naml 44

Ayah 44 of 93 · Meccan

قِيلَ لَهَا ٱدۡخُلِي ٱلصَّرۡحَۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَتۡهُ حَسِبَتۡهُ لُجَّةٗ وَكَشَفَتۡ عَن سَاقَيۡهَاۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ صَرۡحٞ مُّمَرَّدٞ مِّن قَوَارِيرَۗ قَالَتۡ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمۡتُ نَفۡسِي وَأَسۡلَمۡتُ مَعَ سُلَيۡمَٰنَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٤

She was told, "Enter the palace." But when she saw it, she thought it was a body of water1 and uncovered her shins [to wade through]. He said, "Indeed, it is a palace [whose floor is] made smooth with glass." She said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I submit with Solomon to Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The floor was transparent, and beneath it was flowing water.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قِيلَIt was saidqīla
  2. لَهَاto herlahā
  3. ٱدۡخُلِيEnterud'khulī
  4. ٱلصَّرۡحَۖthe palacel-ṣarḥa
  5. فَلَمَّاThen whenfalammā
  6. رَأَتۡهُshe saw itra-athu
  7. حَسِبَتۡهُshe thought itḥasibathu
  8. لُجَّةٗ(was) a poollujjatan
  9. وَكَشَفَتۡand she uncoveredwakashafat
  10. عَن[on]ʿan
  11. سَاقَيۡهَاۚher shinssāqayhā
  12. قَالَHe saidqāla
  13. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, itinnahu
  14. صَرۡحٞ(is) a palaceṣarḥun
  15. مُّمَرَّدٞmade smoothmumarradun
  16. مِّنofmin
  17. قَوَارِيرَۗglassqawārīra
  18. قَالَتۡShe saidqālat
  19. رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
  20. إِنِّيindeed, Iinnī
  21. ظَلَمۡتُ[I] have wrongedẓalamtu
  22. نَفۡسِيmyselfnafsī
  23. وَأَسۡلَمۡتُand I submitwa-aslamtu
  24. مَعَwithmaʿa
  25. سُلَيۡمَٰنَSulaimansulaymāna
  26. لِلَّهِto Allahlillahi
  27. رَبِّ(the) Lordrabbi
  28. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ(of) the worldsl-ʿālamīna

Tafsir

It was said to her: “Enter the palace” which was like a plane surface. When she entered it, she thought it was water and uncovered her shins to enter it. Solomon (peace be upon him) said: “It is a palace which has been made smooth with glass”. He called her to Islam, so she accepted what he called her towards, saying: “O Lord, I wronged myself by worshipping others besides You, and I have submitted with Solomon to Allah, Lord of all created things”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran