Quran 27:22 — An-Naml, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But the hoopoe did not stay away long: he came and said, ‘I have learned something you did not know: I come to you from Sheba with firm news.
فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَحَطْتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ وَجِئْتُكَ مِنْ سَبَإٍ بِنَبَإٍ يَقِينٍ
famakatha ghayra baʿīdin faqāla aḥaṭtu bimā lam tuḥiṭ bihi waji'tuka min saba-in binaba-in yaqīnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But he tarried not long, and said, 'I have comprehended that which thou hast not comprehended, and I have come from Sheba to thee with a sure tiding.
- Muhammad Asad
- But [the hoopoe] tarried but a short while; and [when it came] it said: “I have encompassed [with my knowledge] something that thou hast never yet encompassed [with thine] - for I have come to thee from Sheba with a tiding sure!
- Sahih International
- But he [i.e., the hoopoe] stayed not long and said, "I have encompassed [in knowledge] that which you have not encompassed, and I have come to you from Sheba with certain news.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَمَكَثَfamakatha | So he stayed | مكث |
| 2 | غَيْرَghayra | not | غير |
| 3 | بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdin | long | بعد |
| 4 | فَقَالَfaqāla | and he said | قول |
| 5 | أَحَطتُaḥaṭtu | I have encompassed | حوط |
| 6 | بِمَاbimā | that which | — |
| 7 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 8 | تُحِطْtuḥiṭ | you have encompassed | حوط |
| 9 | بِهِۦbihi | it | — |
| 10 | وَجِئْتُكَwaji'tuka | and I have come to you | جيأ |
| 11 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 12 | سَبَإٍۭsaba-in | Saba | — |
| 13 | بِنَبَإٍۢbinaba-in | with news | نبأ |
| 14 | يَقِينٍyaqīnin | certain | يقن |