ٱلنَّمْل : ٤٢

  • فَلَمَّا So when
  • جَآءَتۡ she came
  • قِيلَ it was said
  • أَهَٰكَذَا Is like this
  • عَرۡشُكِۖ your throne
  • قَالَتۡ She said
  • كَأَنَّهُۥ It is like
  • هُوَۚ it
  • وَأُوتِينَا And we were given
  • ٱلۡعِلۡمَ the knowledge
  • مِن before her
  • قَبۡلِهَا before her
  • وَكُنَّا and we have been
  • مُسۡلِمِينَ Muslims
So when she arrived, it was said [to her], "Is your throne like this?" She said, "[It is] as though it was it." [Solomon said], "And we were given knowledge before her, and we have been Muslims [in submission to Allāh].
So when she came, it was said, to her: 'Is your throne like this?' She said, 'It as though it is the one'. She had, in fact, recognised it; but she made a pretence to them just as they made a pretence to her, given that [when she was asked about the throne] it was not said, 'Is this your throne?', for had it been so, she would have replied, 'Yes, it is'. When Solomon realised that she was perceptive and knowledgeable, he said: 'And we were given the knowledge before her and we had submitted [to God].