Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:41

27:41

قَالَ نَكِّرُوا۟ لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنظُرْ أَتَهْتَدِىٓ أَمْ تَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ

qāla nakkirū lahā ʿarshahā nanẓur atahtadī am takūnu mina alladhīna lā yahtadūna

He said, "Disguise for her her throne; we will see whether she will be guided [to truth] or will be of those who is not guided."

— Saheeh International

Then he said, ‘Disguise her throne, and we shall see whether or not she recognizes it.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "Disguise her throne for her that we may see whether she will be guided (to recognise her throne), or she will be one of those not guided."

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

Juz 19Page 380meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
نَكِّرُوا۟nakkirūDisguise
لَهَاlahāfor her
عَرْشَهَاʿarshahāher throne
نَنظُرْnanẓurwe will see
أَتَهْتَدِىٓatahtadīwhether she will be guided
أَمْamor
تَكُونُtakūnuwill be
مِنَminaof
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
لَاlāare not guided
يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnaare not guided