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Surah An-Naml, Verse 33

سورة النمل، الآية ٣٣

27:33 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 379 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 27:33

قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أُو۟لُوا۟ قُوَّةٍ وَأُو۟لُوا۟ بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ وَٱلْأَمْرُ إِلَيْكِ فَٱنظُرِى مَاذَا تَأْمُرِينَ ۝٣٣

Transliteration

qālū naḥnu ulū quwwatin wa-ulū basin shadīdin wal-amru ilayki fa-unẓurī mādhā tamurīna

Translation

They said, "We are men of strength and of great military might, but the command is yours, so see what you will command."

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Verse 33 of Surah An-Naml (27:33), 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 33

Al-Mukhtasar

They said, "we are men of strength and of great military might, but the command is yours, so see what you will command." The nobles from her people said: “We are people of great power and strong might in warfare, but the opinion is what you think, so see what you will command us to do; we are able to carry it out”.

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Other translations of verse 33

They said, “We are powerful and great fighters, but the decision is yours, so consider what you will command.”

They said: "We have great strength, and great ability for war, but it is for you to command: so think over what you will command."

They said: We are lords of might and lords of great prowess, but it is for thee to command; so consider what thou wilt command.

They said: "We are endued with strength, and given to vehement war: but the command is with thee; so consider what thou wilt command."

They said: We are possessors of strength and possessors of mighty prowess, and the command is yours, therefore see what you will command.

They said, "We are endowed with power, and we are endowed with strict violence, (i.e., we are strong and able to fight) and the command (rests) with you; so look into what you command (us)."

Verse 33 word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟ qālū They said ق و ل
  2. نَحْنُ naḥnu We
  3. أُو۟لُوا۟ ulū (are) possessors
  4. قُوَّةٍ quwwatin (of) strength ق و ي
  5. وَأُو۟لُوا۟ wa-ulū and possessors
  6. بَأْسٍ basin (of) might ب أ س
  7. شَدِيدٍ shadīdin great ش د د
  8. وَٱلْأَمْرُ wal-amru and the command أ م ر
  9. إِلَيْكِ ilayki (is) up to you
  10. فَٱنظُرِى fa-unẓurī so look ن ظ ر
  11. مَاذَا mādhā what
  12. تَأْمُرِينَ tamurīna you will command أ م ر

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