قَالَ
نَكِّرُواْ
لَهَا
عَرۡشَهَا
نَنظُرۡ
أَتَهۡتَدِيٓ
أَمۡ
تَكُونُ
مِنَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
لَا
يَهۡتَدُونَ
٤١

˹Then˺ Solomon said, “Disguise her throne for her so we may see whether she will recognize ˹it˺ or she will not be able to.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:42

فَلَمَّا

جَآءَتۡ

قِيلَ

أَهَٰكَذَا

عَرۡشُكِۖ

قَالَتۡ

كَأَنَّهُۥ

هُوَۚ

وَأُوتِينَا

ٱلۡعِلۡمَ

مِن

قَبۡلِهَا

وَكُنَّا

مُسۡلِمِينَ

٤٢

So when she arrived, it was said ˹to her˺, “Is your throne like this?” She replied, “It looks to be the same. We have ˹already˺ received knowledge ˹of Solomon’s prophethood˺¹ before this ˹miracle˺,² and have submitted ˹to Allah˺.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:43

وَصَدَّهَا

مَا

كَانَت

تَّعۡبُدُ

مِن

دُونِ

ٱللَّهِۖ

إِنَّهَا

كَانَتۡ

مِن

قَوۡمٖ

كَٰفِرِينَ

٤٣

But she had been hindered by what she used to worship instead of Allah, for she was indeed from a disbelieving people.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:44

قِيلَ

لَهَا

ٱدۡخُلِي

ٱلصَّرۡحَۖ

فَلَمَّا

رَأَتۡهُ

حَسِبَتۡهُ

لُجَّةٗ

وَكَشَفَتۡ

عَن

سَاقَيۡهَاۚ

قَالَ

إِنَّهُۥ

صَرۡحٞ

مُّمَرَّدٞ

مِّن

قَوَارِيرَۗ

قَالَتۡ

رَبِّ

إِنِّي

ظَلَمۡتُ

نَفۡسِي

وَأَسۡلَمۡتُ

مَعَ

سُلَيۡمَٰنَ

لِلَّهِ

رَبِّ

ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

٤٤

Then she was told, “Enter the palace.” But when she saw the hall, she thought it was a body of water, so she bared her legs. Solomon said. “It is just a palace paved with crystal.” ˹At last˺ she declared, “My Lord! I have certainly wronged my soul. Now I ˹fully˺ submit myself along with Solomon to Allah, the Lord of all worlds.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:45

وَلَقَدۡ

أَرۡسَلۡنَآ

إِلَىٰ

ثَمُودَ

أَخَاهُمۡ

صَٰلِحًا

أَنِ

ٱعۡبُدُواْ

ٱللَّهَ

فَإِذَا

هُمۡ

فَرِيقَانِ

يَخۡتَصِمُونَ

٤٥

And We certainly sent to the people of Thamûd their brother Ṣâliḥ, proclaiming, “Worship Allah,” but they suddenly split into two opposing groups.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:46

قَالَ

يَٰقَوۡمِ

لِمَ

تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ

بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ

قَبۡلَ

ٱلۡحَسَنَةِۖ

لَوۡلَا

تَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ

ٱللَّهَ

لَعَلَّكُمۡ

تُرۡحَمُونَ

٤٦

He urged ˹the disbelieving group˺, “O my people! Why do you ˹seek to˺ hasten the torment¹ rather than grace?² If only you sought Allah’s forgiveness so you may be shown mercy!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:47

قَالُواْ

ٱطَّيَّرۡنَا

بِكَ

وَبِمَن

مَّعَكَۚ

قَالَ

طَٰٓئِرُكُمۡ

عِندَ

ٱللَّهِۖ

بَلۡ

أَنتُمۡ

قَوۡمٞ

تُفۡتَنُونَ

٤٧

They replied, “You and your followers are a bad omen for us.”¹ He responded, “Your omens are destined by Allah. In fact, you are ˹only˺ a people being tested.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:48

وَكَانَ

فِي

ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ

تِسۡعَةُ

رَهۡطٖ

يُفۡسِدُونَ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

وَلَا

يُصۡلِحُونَ

٤٨

And there were in the city nine ˹elite˺ men who spread corruption in the land, never doing what is right.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:49

قَالُواْ

تَقَاسَمُواْ

بِٱللَّهِ

لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ

وَأَهۡلَهُۥ

ثُمَّ

لَنَقُولَنَّ

لِوَلِيِّهِۦ

مَا

شَهِدۡنَا

مَهۡلِكَ

أَهۡلِهِۦ

وَإِنَّا

لَصَٰدِقُونَ

٤٩

They vowed, “Let us swear by Allah that we will take him and his family down by night. Then we will certainly say to his ˹closest˺ heirs, ‘We did not witness the murder of his family. We are definitely telling the truth.’”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

27:50