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Surah An-Naml, Verse 44

سورة النمل، الآية ٤٤

27:44 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 380 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 27:44

قِيلَ لَهَا ٱدْخُلِى ٱلصَّرْحَ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَن سَاقَيْهَا قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ صَرْحٌ مُّمَرَّدٌ مِّن قَوَارِيرَ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٤٤

Transliteration

qīla lahā ud'khulī l-ṣarḥa falammā ra-athu ḥasibathu lujjatan wakashafat ʿan sāqayhā qāla innahu ṣarḥun mumarradun min qawārīra qālat rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī wa-aslamtu maʿa sulaymāna lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

Translation

She was told, "Enter the palace." But when she saw it, she thought it was a body of water1077 and uncovered her shins [to wade through]. He said, "Indeed, it is a palace [whose floor is] made smooth with glass." She said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I submit with Solomon to Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

Notes

[1077] The floor was transparent, and beneath it was flowing water.

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Verse 44 of Surah An-Naml (27:44), 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 44

Al-Mukhtasar

It was said to her: “Enter the palace” which was like a plane surface. When she entered it, she thought it was water and uncovered her shins to enter it. Solomon (peace be upon him) said: “It is a palace which has been made smooth with glass”. He called her to Islam, so she accepted what he called her towards, saying: “O Lord, I wronged myself by worshipping others besides You, and I have submitted with Solomon to Allah, Lord of all created things”.

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Other translations of verse 44

It was said to her, “Enter the palace.” But when she saw it, she thought it was a body of water12, so she uncovered her calves. He said, “This is a palace paved with crystal.” She said, “My Lord, I have wronged myself, and now I submit along with Solomon to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.”

Notes

[12] The floor of the palace was transparent, under which was flowing water.

It was said to her: "Enter As-Sarh" (a glass surface with water underneath it or a palace): but when she saw it, she thought it was a pool, and she (tucked up her clothes) uncovering her legs. (Sulaimân (Solomon)) said: "Verily, it is a Sarh (a glass surface with water underneath it or a palace)." She said: "My Lord! Verily, I have wronged myself, and I submit [in Islâm, together with Sulaimân (Solomon)] to Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists)."

It was said unto her: Enter the hall. And when she saw it she deemed it a pool and bared her legs. (Solomon) said: Lo! it is a hall, made smooth, of glass. She said: My Lord! Lo! I have wronged myself, and I surrender with Solomon unto Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

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."

It was said to her: Enter the palace; but when she saw it she deemed it to be a great expanse of water, and bared her legs. He said: Surely it is a palace made smooth with glass. She said: My Lord! surely I have been unjust to myself, and I submit with Sulaiman to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

It was said to her, "Enter the tower." Then as soon as she saw it, she reckoned it a pool, and she uncovered both her shanks. He said, "Surely it is a tower smoothed of crystal." She said, "Lord! Surely I have done injustice to myself, and I (now) surrender (i.e., I am a Muslim) with Sulayman to Allah, The Lord of the worlds."

Verse 44 word by word

  1. قِيلَ qīla It was said ق و ل
  2. لَهَا lahā to her
  3. ٱدْخُلِى ud'khulī Enter د خ ل
  4. ٱلصَّرْحَ l-ṣarḥa the palace ص ر ح
  5. فَلَمَّا falammā Then when
  6. رَأَتْهُ ra-athu she saw it ر أ ي
  7. حَسِبَتْهُ ḥasibathu she thought it ح س ب
  8. لُجَّةً lujjatan (was) a pool ل ج ج
  9. وَكَشَفَتْ wakashafat and she uncovered ك ش ف
  10. عَن ʿan [on]
  11. سَاقَيْهَا sāqayhā her shins س و ق
  12. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  13. إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed, it
  14. صَرْحٌ ṣarḥun (is) a palace ص ر ح
  15. مُّمَرَّدٌ mumarradun made smooth م ر د
  16. مِّن min of
  17. قَوَارِيرَ qawārīra glass ق ر ر
  18. قَالَتْ qālat She said ق و ل
  19. رَبِّ rabbi My Lord ر ب ب
  20. إِنِّى innī indeed, I
  21. ظَلَمْتُ ẓalamtu [I] have wronged ظ ل م
  22. نَفْسِى nafsī myself ن ف س
  23. وَأَسْلَمْتُ wa-aslamtu and I submit س ل م
  24. مَعَ maʿa with
  25. سُلَيْمَٰنَ sulaymāna Sulaiman
  26. لِلَّهِ lillahi to Allah
  27. رَبِّ rabbi (the) Lord ر ب ب
  28. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ l-ʿālamīna (of) the worlds ع ل م

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