Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:22

27:22

فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ وَجِئْتُكَ مِن سَبَإٍۭ بِنَبَإٍ يَقِينٍ

famakatha ghayra baʿīdin faqāla aḥaṭtu bimā lam tuḥiṭ bihi waji'tuka min saba-in binaba-in yaqīnin

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But the hoopoe stayed not long: he (came up and) said: "I have grasped (the knowledge of a thing) which you have not grasped and I have come to you from Saba’ (Sheba) with true news.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 19Page 378meccan

Word by Word

فَمَكَثَfamakathaSo he stayed
غَيْرَghayranot
بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdinlong
فَقَالَfaqālaand he said
أَحَطتُaḥaṭtuI have encompassed
بِمَاbimāthat which
لَمْlamnot
تُحِطْtuḥiṭyou have encompassed
بِهِۦbihiit
وَجِئْتُكَwaji'tukaand I have come to you
مِنminfrom
سَبَإٍۭsaba-inSaba
بِنَبَإٍۢbinaba-inwith news
يَقِينٍyaqīnincertain