Quran 27:17 — An-Naml, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Solomon’s hosts of jinn, men, and birds were marshalled in ordered ranks before him,
وَحُشِرَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ جُنُودُهُ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ وَالطَّيْرِ فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ
waḥushira lisulaymāna junūduhu mina l-jini wal-insi wal-ṭayri fahum yūzaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And his hosts were mustered to Solomon, jinn, men and birds, duly disposed;
- Muhammad Asad
- And [one day] there were assembled before Solomon his hosts of invisible beings, and of men, and of birds; and then they were led forth in orderly ranks,
- Sahih International
- And gathered for Solomon were his soldiers of the jinn and men and birds, and they were [marching] in rows
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَحُشِرَwaḥushira | And were gathered | حشر |
| 2 | لِسُلَيْمَـٰنَlisulaymāna | for Sulaiman | — |
| 3 | جُنُودُهُۥjunūduhu | his hosts | جند |
| 4 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 5 | ٱلْجِنِّl-jini | jinn | جنن |
| 6 | وَٱلْإِنسِwal-insi | and the men | أنس |
| 7 | وَٱلطَّيْرِwal-ṭayri | and the birds | طير |
| 8 | فَهُمْfahum | and they | — |
| 9 | يُوزَعُونَyūzaʿūna | (were) set in rows | وزع |