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Surah An-Naml, Verse 23

سورة النمل، الآية ٢٣

27:23 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 379 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 27:23

إِنِّى وَجَدتُّ ٱمْرَأَةً تَمْلِكُهُمْ وَأُوتِيَتْ مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَلَهَا عَرْشٌ عَظِيمٌ ۝٢٣

Transliteration

innī wajadttu im'ra-atan tamlikuhum waūtiyat min kulli shayin walahā ʿarshun ʿaẓīmun

Translation

Indeed, I found [there] a woman ruling them, and she has been given of all things, and she has a great throne.

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Verse 23 of Surah An-Naml (27:23), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 379 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 23

Al-Mukhtasar

Indeed, I found [there] a woman ruling them, and she has been given of all things, and she has a great throne. I found a woman who rules them, and this woman has been given of all means of strength and kingdom, and she has a large throne on which she manages the affairs of her people.

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Other translations of verse 23

I found a woman6 ruling over them, who has been given of all things, and she has a great throne.

Notes

[6] Known as Bilqīs, the Queen of Sheba.

"I found a woman ruling over them: she has been given all things that could be possessed by any ruler of the earth, and she has a great throne.

Lo! I found a woman ruling over them, and she hath been given (abundance) of all things, and hers is a mighty throne.

"I found (there) a woman ruling over them and provided with every requisite; and she has a magnificent throne.

Surely I found a woman ruling over them, and she has been given abundance and she has a mighty throne:

Surely I found a woman ruling over them, (Literally: a wife possessing them) and she has been brought (much) of everything, and she has a magnificent throne.

Verse 23 word by word

  1. إِنِّى innī Indeed, I
  2. وَجَدتُّ wajadttu found و ج د
  3. ٱمْرَأَةً im'ra-atan a woman م ر أ
  4. تَمْلِكُهُمْ tamlikuhum ruling them م ل ك
  5. وَأُوتِيَتْ waūtiyat and she has been given أ ت ي
  6. مِن min of
  7. كُلِّ kulli every ك ل ل
  8. شَىْءٍ shayin thing ش ي أ
  9. وَلَهَا walahā and for her
  10. عَرْشٌ ʿarshun (is) a throne ع ر ش
  11. عَظِيمٌ ʿaẓīmun great ع ظ م

Verses related to verse 23

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Fussilat 41:37

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ لَا تَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostrate to Allāh, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.

  • Ar-Ra’d 13:10

    سَوَآءٌ مِّنكُم مَّنْ أَسَرَّ ٱلْقَوْلَ وَمَن جَهَرَ بِهِۦ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍۭ بِٱلَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌۢ بِٱلنَّهَارِ

    It is the same [to Him] concerning you whether one conceals [his] speech or publicizes it and whether one is hidden by night or conspicuous [among others] by day.

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