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Sura Xxvii. Naml, Or The Ants. Section 3

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Xxvii.: Naml, Or The Ants.

Section 3

32.
Qalat ya ayyuha almalao aftoonee fee amree ma kuntu qatiAAatan amran hatta tashhadoonA

32.
the said: "Ye chiefs!

Advise me in (this)

My affair: no affair

Have I decided

Except in your presence.
"

33. Qaloo nahnu oloo quwwatin waoloo ba/sin shadeedin waAl-amru ilayki faOn"th"uree matha ta/mureenA

33.
They said: "We are endued

With strength, and given

To vehement war:


But the command is

With thee; so consider

What thou wilt command.
"

34. Qalat inna almulooka itha dakhaloo qaryatan afsadooha wajaAAaloo aAAizzata ahliha athillatan wakathalika yafAAaloonA

34.
She said: "Kings, when they

Enter a country, despoil it,

And make the noblest

Of its people its meanest

Thus do they behave.

35.
Wa-innee mursilatun ilayhim bihadiyyatin fana"th"iratun bima yarjiAAu almursaloonA

35.
\"But I am going to send

Him a present, and (wait)

To see with what (answer)

Return (my) ambassadors."

36. Falamma jaa sulaymana qala atumiddoonani bimalin fama ataniya Allahu khayrun mimma atakum bal antum bihadiyyatikum tafrahoonA

36.
Now when (the embassy) came

To Solomon, he said:

"Will ye give me abundance

In wealth? But that which

God has given me is better

Than that which He has

Given you! Nay it is ye

Who rejoice in your gift!

37.
IrjiAA ilayhim falana/tiyannahum bijunoodin la qibala lahum biha walanukhrijannahum minha athillatan wahum saghiroonA

37.
\"Go back to them, and be sure

We shall come to them

With such hosts as they

Will never be able to meet:


We shall expel them

From there in disgrace,

And they will feel

Humbled (indeed)."

38. Qala ya ayyuha almalao ayyukum ya/teenee biAAarshiha qabla an ya/toonee muslimeenA

38. He said (to his own men):


"Ye Chiefs! which of you

Can bring me her throne

Before they come to me

In submission?
"

39. Qala AAifreetun mina aljinni ana ateeka bihi qabla an taqooma min maqamika wa-inne AAalayhi laqawiyyun ameenUn

39. Said an 'Ifrit, of the Jinns:


"I will bring it to thee

Before thou rise from thy

Council: indeed I have

Full strength for the purpose,

And may he trusted.
"

40. Qala allathee AAindahu AAilmun mina alkitabi ana ateeka bihi qabla an yartadda ilayka tarfuka falamma raahu mustaqirran AAindahu qala hatha min fadli rabbee liyabluwanee aashkuru am akfuru waman shakara fa-innama yashkuru linafsihi waman kafara fa-inna rabbee ghaniyyun kareemUn

40.
Said one who had knowledge

Of the Book: "I will

Bring it to thee within

The twinkling of an eye!"

Then when (Solomon) saw it

Placed firmly before him,

He said: "This is

By the grace of my Lord!

To test me whether I am

Grateful or ungrateful!

And if any is grateful,

Truly his gratitude is (a gain)

For his own soul; hut if

Any is ungrateful, truly

My Lord is Free of all Needs,

Supreme in Honour!"

41. Qala nakkiroo laha AAarshaha nan"th"ur atahtadee am takoonu mina allatheena la yahtadoonA

41.
He said: "Transform her throne

Out of all recognition by her:

Let us see whether she

Is guided (to the truth)

Or is one of those who

Receive no guidance.
"

42. Falamma jaat qeela ahakatha AAarshuki qalat kaannahu huwa waooteena alAAilma min qabliha wakunna muslimeenA

42.
So when she arrived,

She was asked, "Is this

Thy throne?
" She said,

"It was just like this;

And knowledge was bestowed

On us in advance of this,

And we have submitted

To God (in Islam).
"

43. Wasaddaha ma kanat taAAbudu min dooni Allahi innaha kanat min qawmin kafireenA

43.
And he diverted her

From the worship of others

Besides God: for she was

(Sprung) of a people

That had no faith.

44.
Qeela laha odkhulee aLssarha falamma raat-hu hasibat-hu lujjatan wakashafat AAan saqayha qala innahu sarhun mumarradun min qawareera qalat rabbi innee "th"alamtu nafsee waaslamtu maAAa sulaymana lillahi rabbi alAAalameenA

44.
She was asked to enter

The lofty Palace: but

When she saw it, she

Thought it was a lake

Of water, and she (tucked up

Her skirts
), uncovering her legs.

He said: "This is

But a palace paved

Smooth with slabs of glass."

She said: "O my Lord!

I have indeed wronged"

My soul: I do (now)

Submit (in Islam), with Solomon,

To the Lord of the Worlds."
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