Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:28

27:28

ٱذْهَب بِّكِتَـٰبِى هَـٰذَا فَأَلْقِهْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ

idh'hab bikitābī hādhā fa-alqih ilayhim thumma tawalla ʿanhum fa-unẓur mādhā yarjiʿūna

Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return."

— Saheeh International

Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them, then withdraw and see what answer they send back.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Go you with this letter of mine, and deliver it to them, then draw back from them, and see what (answer) they return."

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

Juz 19Page 379meccan

Word by Word

ٱذْهَبidh'habGo
بِّكِتَـٰبِىbikitābīwith my letter
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
فَأَلْقِهْfa-alqihand deliver it
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
ثُمَّthummaThen
تَوَلَّtawallaturn away
عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurand see
مَاذَاmādhāwhat
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnathey return