ٱلنَّمْل : ٤١

  • قَالَ He said
  • نَكِّرُواْ Disguise
  • لَهَا for her
  • عَرۡشَهَا her throne
  • نَنظُرۡ we will see
  • أَتَهۡتَدِيٓ whether she will be guided
  • أَمۡ or
  • تَكُونُ will be
  • مِنَ of
  • ٱلَّذِينَ those who
  • لَا are not guided
  • يَهۡتَدُونَ are not guided
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."
He said, 'Disguise her throne for her - in other words, transform it such that when she sees it, it will be in an unrecognisable form - that we may see whether she will be guided, to recognising it, or be of those who cannot be guided', to recognise when things are transformed around them. He [Solomon] sought thereby to test her mind, for it was said to have something wrong with it. Thus they transformed it by adding or taking away [certain things] and in other ways.