Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:32

27:32

قَالَتْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَفْتُونِى فِىٓ أَمْرِى مَا كُنتُ قَاطِعَةً أَمْرًا حَتَّىٰ تَشْهَدُونِ

qālat yāayyuhā l-mala-u aftūnī fī amrī mā kuntu qāṭiʿatan amran ḥattā tashhadūni

She said, "O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you witness [for] me."

— Saheeh International

She said, ‘Counsellors, give me your counsel in the matter I now face: I only ever decide on matters in your presence.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

She said: "O chiefs! Advise me in (this) case of mine. I decide no case till you are present with me (and give me your opinions)."

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

Juz 19Page 379meccan

Word by Word

قَالَتْqālatShe said
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟l-mala-uchiefs
أَفْتُونِىaftūnīAdvise me
فِىٓfīin
أَمْرِىamrīmy affair
مَاmāNot
كُنتُkuntuI would be
قَاطِعَةًqāṭiʿatanthe one to decide
أَمْرًاamranany matter
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تَشْهَدُونِtashhadūniyou are present with me