ٱلنَّمْل : ١٩

  • فَتَبَسَّمَ So he smiled
  • ضَاحِكٗا laughing
  • مِّن at
  • قَوۡلِهَا her speech
  • وَقَالَ and said
  • رَبِّ My Lord!
  • أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ Grant me (the) power
  • أَنۡ that
  • أَشۡكُرَ I may thank You
  • نِعۡمَتَكَ (for) Your Favor
  • ٱلَّتِيٓ which
  • أَنۡعَمۡتَ You have bestowed
  • عَلَيَّ on me
  • وَعَلَىٰ and on
  • وَٰلِدَيَّ my parents
  • وَأَنۡ and that
  • أَعۡمَلَ I may do
  • صَٰلِحٗا righteous (deeds)
  • تَرۡضَىٰهُ that will please You
  • وَأَدۡخِلۡنِي And admit me
  • بِرَحۡمَتِكَ by Your Mercy
  • فِي among
  • عِبَادِكَ Your slaves
  • ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ righteous
So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, "My Lord, enable me1 to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants."2
Footnotes
1 More literally, "gather within me the utmost strength and ability."
2 Or "with Your righteous servants [into Paradise]."
Whereat he, Solomon, smiled (fa-tabassama, the beginning [of the sentence]) amused (daahikan, the end [of the sentence]) at its words, which he had heard from three miles away and which was carried to him by the winds. When he was on the verge of [entering] their valley, he [Solomon] made his hosts halt until they [the ants] had entered their dwellings - on this journey his hosts consisted of cavalry and infantry. And he said, 'My Lord, inspire me to be thankful for Your grace with which You have favoured me and my parents, and to do good that will please You, and include me, by Your mercy, among Your righteous servants', the prophets and saints.