Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:42

27:42

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ قِيلَ أَهَـٰكَذَا عَرْشُكِ ۖ قَالَتْ كَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ ۚ وَأُوتِينَا ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسْلِمِينَ

falammā jāat qīla ahākadhā ʿarshuki qālat ka-annahu huwa waūtīnā l-ʿil'ma min qablihā wakunnā mus'limīna

So when she arrived, it was said [to her], "Is your throne like this?" She said, "[It is] as though it was it." [Solomon said], "And we were given knowledge before her, and we have been Muslims [in submission to Allāh].

— Saheeh International

When she arrived, she was asked, ‘Is this your throne?’ She replied, ‘It looks like it.’ [Solomon said], ‘We were given knowledge before her, and we devoted ourselves to God;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So when she came, it was said (to her): "Is your throne like this?" She said: "(It is) as though it were the very same." And [Sulaimân (Solomon) said]: "Knowledge was bestowed on us before her, and we were submitted to Allâh (in Islâm as Muslims before her)."

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

Juz 19Page 380meccan

Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
جَآءَتْjāatshe came
قِيلَqīlait was said
أَهَـٰكَذَاahākadhāIs like this
عَرْشُكِۖʿarshukiyour throne
قَالَتْqālatShe said
كَأَنَّهُۥka-annahuIt is like
هُوَۚhuwait
وَأُوتِينَاwaūtīnāAnd we were given
ٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
مِنminbefore her
قَبْلِهَاqablihābefore her
وَكُنَّاwakunnāand we have been
مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīnaMuslims