Quran 27:44 — An-Naml, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Then it was said to her, ‘Enter the hall,’ but when she saw it, she thought it was a deep pool of water, and bared her legs. Solomon explained, ‘It is just a hall paved with glass,’ and she said, ‘My Lord, I have wronged myself: I devote myself, with Solomon, to God, the Lord of the Worlds.’
قِيلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِي الصَّرْحَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَيْهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُ صَرْحٌ مُمَرَّدٌ مِنْ قَوَارِيرَ ۗ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَانَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
qīla lahā ud'khulī l-ṣarḥa falammā ra-athu ḥasibathu lujjatan wakashafat ʿan sāqayhā qāla innahu ṣarḥun mumarradun min qawārīra qālat rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī wa-aslamtu maʿa sulaymāna lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It was said to her, 'Enter the pavilion.' But when she saw it, she supposed it was a spreading water, and she bared her legs. He said, 'It is a pavilion smoothed of crystal. She said, 'My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I surrender with Solomon to God, the Lord of all Being.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [After a while] she was told: “Enter this court!” - but when she saw it, she thought that it was a fathomless expanse of water, and she bared her legs. Said he: “Behold, it is [but] a court smoothly paved with glass!” Cried she: “O my Sustainer! I have been sinning against myself thy worshipping aught but Thee]: but [now] I have surrendered myself, with Solomon, unto the Sustainer of all the worlds!”
- Sahih International
- She was told, "Enter the palace." But when she saw it, she thought it was a body of water and uncovered her shins [to wade through]. He said, "Indeed, it is a palace [whose floor is] made smooth with glass." She said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I submit with Solomon to Allāh, Lord of the worlds."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قِيلَqīla | It was said | قول |
| 2 | لَهَاlahā | to her | — |
| 3 | ٱدْخُلِىud'khulī | Enter | دخل |
| 4 | ٱلصَّرْحَ ۖl-ṣarḥa | the palace | صرح |
| 5 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | Then when | — |
| 6 | رَأَتْهُra-athu | she saw it | رأي |
| 7 | حَسِبَتْهُḥasibathu | she thought it | حسب |
| 8 | لُجَّةًۭlujjatan | (was) a pool | لجج |
| 9 | وَكَشَفَتْwakashafat | and she uncovered | كشف |
| 10 | عَنʿan | [on] | — |
| 11 | سَاقَيْهَا ۚsāqayhā | her shins | سوق |
| 12 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 13 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, it | — |
| 14 | صَرْحٌۭṣarḥun | (is) a palace | صرح |
| 15 | مُّمَرَّدٌۭmumarradun | made smooth | مرد |
| 16 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 17 | قَوَارِيرَ ۗqawārīra | glass | قرر |
| 18 | قَالَتْqālat | She said | قول |
| 19 | رَبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 20 | إِنِّىinnī | indeed, I | — |
| 21 | ظَلَمْتُẓalamtu | [I] have wronged | ظلم |
| 22 | نَفْسِىnafsī | myself | نفس |
| 23 | وَأَسْلَمْتُwa-aslamtu | and I submit | سلم |
| 24 | مَعَmaʿa | with | — |
| 25 | سُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymāna | Sulaiman | — |
| 26 | لِلَّهِlillahi | to Allah | أله |
| 27 | رَبِّrabbi | (the) Lord | ربب |
| 28 | ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna | (of) the worlds | علم |