Quran 27:38 — An-Naml, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Then he said, ‘Counsellors, which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?’
قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِينِي بِعَرْشِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَ
qāla yāayyuhā l-mala-u ayyukum yatīnī biʿarshihā qabla an yatūnī mus'limīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'O Council, which one of you will bring me her throne, before they come to me in surrender?'
- Muhammad Asad
- [When Solomon learned that the Queen of Sheba was coming,] he said [to his council]: “O you nobles! Which of you can bring me her throne ere she and her followers come unto me in willing surrender to God?”
- Sahih International
- [Solomon] said, "O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O | — |
| 3 | ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟l-mala-u | chiefs | ملأ |
| 4 | أَيُّكُمْayyukum | Which of you | — |
| 5 | يَأْتِينِىyatīnī | will bring me | أتي |
| 6 | بِعَرْشِهَاbiʿarshihā | her throne | عرش |
| 7 | قَبْلَqabla | before | قبل |
| 8 | أَنan | that | — |
| 9 | يَأْتُونِىyatūnī | they come to me | أتي |
| 10 | مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīna | (in) submission | سلم |