Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:29

27:29

قَالَتْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ إِنِّىٓ أُلْقِىَ إِلَىَّ كِتَـٰبٌ كَرِيمٌ

qālat yāayyuhā l-mala-u innī ul'qiya ilayya kitābun karīmun

She said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter.

— Saheeh International

The Queen of Sheba said, ‘Counsellors, a gracious letter has been delivered to me.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

She said: "O chiefs! Verily! Here is delivered to me a noble letter,

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

Juz 19Page 379meccan

Word by Word

قَالَتْqālatShe said
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟l-mala-uchiefs
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed [I]
أُلْقِىَul'qiyais delivered
إِلَىَّilayyato me
كِتَـٰبٌۭkitābuna letter
كَرِيمٌkarīmunnoble