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Surah An-Naml

Surah An-Naml, Ayah 42

Quran 27:42 · The Ant · Makki · Para 19 · Page 380

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ قِیْلَ اَهٰكَذَا عَرْشُكِ ؕ قَالَتْ كَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ ۚ وَاُوْتِیْنَا الْعِلْمَ مِنْ قَبْلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسْلِمِیْنَ ۟

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Falamma jaat qeela ahakathaAAarshuki qalat kaannahu huwa waooteena alAAilmamin qabliha wakunna muslimeen

Saheeh International

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].

Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir

So when the queen of Sheba came to Solomon, it was said to her to test her: “Is this how your throne is?” She answered according to the question: “It is as though it was that”. Allah has granted us knowledge before her and we were submitting to Allah’s order and obeying Him.

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