Surah An-Naml, ayah 42
فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ قِيلَ أَهَـٰكَذَا عَرْشُكِ ۖ قَالَتْ كَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ ۚ وَأُوتِينَا ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسْلِمِينَ
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].
An-Naml · 27:42
Word by word
- فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
- جَآءَتْjāatshe came
- قِيلَqīlait was said
- أَهَـٰكَذَاahākadhāIs like this
- عَرْشُكِ ۖʿarshukiyour throne
- قَالَتْqālatShe said
- كَأَنَّهُۥka-annahuIt is like
- هُوَ ۚhuwait
- وَأُوتِينَاwaūtīnāAnd we were given
- ٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
- مِنminbefore her
- قَبْلِهَاqablihābefore her
- وَكُنَّاwakunnāand we have been
- مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīnaMuslims
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