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Surah An-Naml, Verse 41

سورة النمل، الآية ٤١

27:41 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 380 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 27:41

قَالَ نَكِّرُوا۟ لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنظُرْ أَتَهْتَدِىٓ أَمْ تَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ ۝٤١

Transliteration

qāla nakkirū lahā ʿarshahā nanẓur atahtadī am takūnu mina alladhīna lā yahtadūna

Translation

He said, "Disguise for her her throne; we will see whether she will be guided [to truth] or will be of those who is not guided."

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Verse 41 of Surah An-Naml (27:41), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 380 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 41

Al-Mukhtasar

Solomon (peace be upon him) said: “Change her royal throne from its original form: we shall see: is she guided to recognising it is her throne or will she be from those who are not guided to recognising their own things?”

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Other translations of verse 41

He said, “Disguise her throne for her, so we may see whether she can discover the truth, or she will be of those who cannot recognize.”

He said: "Disguise her throne for her that we may see whether she will be guided (to recognise her throne), or she will be one of those not guided."

He said: Disguise her throne for her that we may see whether she will go aright or be of those not rightly guided.

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."

He said: Alter her throne for her, we will see whether she follows the right way or is of those who do not go aright.

He said, "Disguise her throne for her, that we may look into whether she is guided, or she is of the ones who are not guided."

Verse 41 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. نَكِّرُوا۟ nakkirū Disguise ن ك ر
  3. لَهَا lahā for her
  4. عَرْشَهَا ʿarshahā her throne ع ر ش
  5. نَنظُرْ nanẓur we will see ن ظ ر
  6. أَتَهْتَدِىٓ atahtadī whether she will be guided ه د ي
  7. أَمْ am or
  8. تَكُونُ takūnu will be ك و ن
  9. مِنَ mina of
  10. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  11. لَا lā are not guided
  12. يَهْتَدُونَ yahtadūna are not guided ه د ي

Verses related to verse 41

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ghafir 40:36–37

    وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ ٱبْنِ لِى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَبْلُغُ ٱلْأَسْبَٰبَ …

    And Pharaoh said, "O Hāmān, construct for me a tower that I might reach the ways - …

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