Quran 27:28 — An-Naml, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them, then withdraw and see what answer they send back.’
اذْهَبْ بِكِتَابِي هَـٰذَا فَأَلْقِهْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ
idh'hab bikitābī hādhā fa-alqih ilayhim thumma tawalla ʿanhum fa-unẓur mādhā yarjiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Take this letter of mine, and cast it unto them, then turn back from them and see what they shall return '
- Muhammad Asad
- Go with this my letter and convey it to them; and thereafter withdraw from them and see what [answer] they return.”
- Sahih International
- Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱذْهَبidh'hab | Go | ذهب |
| 2 | بِّكِتَـٰبِىbikitābī | with my letter | كتب |
| 3 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 4 | فَأَلْقِهْfa-alqih | and deliver it | لقي |
| 5 | إِلَيْهِمْilayhim | to them | — |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 7 | تَوَلَّtawalla | turn away | ولي |
| 8 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | from them | — |
| 9 | فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓur | and see | نظر |
| 10 | مَاذَاmādhā | what | — |
| 11 | يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna | they return | رجع |