سورة النمل، الآية ٢٩
قَالَتْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ إِنِّىٓ أُلْقِىَ إِلَىَّ كِتَٰبٌ كَرِيمٌ ٢٩
qālat yāayyuhā l-mala-u innī ul'qiya ilayya kitābun karīmun
She said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter.
Verse 29 of Surah An-Naml (27:29), 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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She said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter. The queen received the letter and said: “O noble ones, a noble magnificent letter has been given to me.
The Queen said, “O chiefs, a noble letter has been delivered to me.
She said: "O chiefs! Verily! Here is delivered to me a noble letter,
(The Queen of Sheba) said (when she received the letter): O chieftains! Lo! there hath been thrown unto me a noble letter.
(The queen) said: "Ye chiefs! here is delivered to me - a letter worthy of respect.
She said: O chief! surely an honorable letter has been delivered to me
She said, "O you chiefs, surely an honorable book has been cast to me.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
قَالَتْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَفْتُونِى فِىٓ أَمْرِى مَا كُنتُ قَاطِعَةً أَمْرًا حَتَّىٰ تَشْهَدُونِ
She said, "O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you witness [for] me."
