Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:44

27:44

قِيلَ لَهَا ٱدْخُلِى ٱلصَّرْحَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَن سَاقَيْهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ صَرْحٌ مُّمَرَّدٌ مِّن قَوَارِيرَ ۗ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

qīla lahā ud'khulī l-ṣarḥa falammā ra-athu ḥasibathu lujjatan wakashafat ʿan sāqayhā qāla innahu ṣarḥun mumarradun min qawārīra qālat rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī wa-aslamtu maʿa sulaymāna lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

She was told, "Enter the palace." But when she saw it, she thought it was a body of water and uncovered her shins [to wade through]. He said, "Indeed, it is a palace [whose floor is] made smooth with glass." She said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I submit with Solomon to Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

— Saheeh International

Then it was said to her, ‘Enter the hall,’ but when she saw it, she thought it was a deep pool of water, and bared her legs. Solomon explained, ‘It is just a hall paved with glass,’ and she said, ‘My Lord, I have wronged myself: I devote myself, with Solomon, to God, the Lord of the Worlds.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It was said to her: "Enter As-Sarh" (a glass surface with water underneath it or a palace): but when she saw it, she thought it was a pool, and she (tucked up her clothes) uncovering her legs. (Sulaimân (Solomon)) said: "Verily, it is a Sarh (a glass surface with water underneath it or a palace)." She said: "My Lord! Verily, I have wronged myself, and I submit [in Islâm, together with Sulaimân (Solomon)] to Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists)."

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

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قِيلَqīlaIt was said
لَهَاlahāto her
ٱدْخُلِىud'khulīEnter
ٱلصَّرْحَۖl-ṣarḥathe palace
فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
رَأَتْهُra-athushe saw it
حَسِبَتْهُḥasibathushe thought it
لُجَّةًۭlujjatan(was) a pool
وَكَشَفَتْwakashafatand she uncovered
عَنʿan[on]
سَاقَيْهَاۚsāqayhāher shins
قَالَqālaHe said
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
صَرْحٌۭṣarḥun(is) a palace
مُّمَرَّدٌۭmumarradunmade smooth
مِّنminof
قَوَارِيرَۗqawārīraglass
قَالَتْqālatShe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
إِنِّىinnīindeed, I
ظَلَمْتُẓalamtu[I] have wronged
نَفْسِىnafsīmyself
وَأَسْلَمْتُwa-aslamtuand I submit
مَعَmaʿawith
سُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymānaSulaiman
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
رَبِّrabbi(the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds