Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:38

27:38

قَالَ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِينِى بِعَرْشِهَا قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ

qāla yāayyuhā l-mala-u ayyukum yatīnī biʿarshihā qabla an yatūnī mus'limīna

[Solomon] said, "O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"

— Saheeh International

Then he said, ‘Counsellors, which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "O chiefs! Which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me surrendering themselves in obedience?"

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

Juz 19Page 380meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟l-mala-uchiefs
أَيُّكُمْayyukumWhich of you
يَأْتِينِىyatīnīwill bring me
بِعَرْشِهَاbiʿarshihāher throne
قَبْلَqablabefore
أَنanthat
يَأْتُونِىyatūnīthey come to me
مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīna(in) submission