Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:36

27:36

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ قَالَ أَتُمِدُّونَنِ بِمَالٍ فَمَآ ءَاتَىٰنِۦَ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّآ ءَاتَىٰكُم بَلْ أَنتُم بِهَدِيَّتِكُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ

falammā jāa sulaymāna qāla atumiddūnani bimālin famā ātāniya l-lahu khayrun mimmā ātākum bal antum bihadiyyatikum tafraḥūna

So when they came to Solomon, he said, "Do you provide me with wealth? But what Allāh has given me is better than what He has given you. Rather, it is you who rejoice in your gift.

— Saheeh International

When her envoy came to Solomon, Solomon said, ‘What! Are you offering me wealth? What God has given me is better than what He has given you, though you rejoice in this gift of yours.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So when (the messengers with the present) came to Sulaimân (Solomon), he said: "Will you help me in wealth? What Allâh has given me is better than that which He has given you! Nay, you rejoice in your gift!"

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

Juz 19Page 380meccan

Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
جَآءَjāacame
سُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymāna(to) Sulaiman
قَالَqālahe said
أَتُمِدُّونَنِatumiddūnaniWill you provide me
بِمَالٍۢbimālinwith wealth
فَمَآfamāBut what
ءَاتَىٰنِۦَātāniyaAllah has given me
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has given me
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
مِّمَّآmimmāthan what
ءَاتَىٰكُمātākumHe has given you
بَلْbalNay
أَنتُمantumyou
بِهَدِيَّتِكُمْbihadiyyatikumin your gift
تَفْرَحُونَtafraḥūnarejoice