Surah An-Naml 27:22 — translation and meaning
النمل · Verse 22 / 93 · Page 378
فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ وَجِئْتُكَ مِن سَبَإٍ بِنَبَإٍ يَقِينٍ
Word by Word
فَمَكَثَ
famakatha
So he stayed
غَيْرَ
ghayra
not
بَعِيدٍ
ba'idin
long
فَقَالَ
faqala
and he said
أَحَطتُ
ahattu
I have encompassed
بِمَا
bima
that which
لَمْ
lam
not
تُحِطْ
tuhit
you have encompassed
بِهِ
bihi
it
وَجِئْتُكَ
waji'tuka
and I have come to you
مِن
min
from
سَبَإٍ
saba-in
Saba
بِنَبَإٍ
binaba-in
with news
يَقِينٍ
yaqinin
certain
Transliteration
Famakasa ghaira ba'eedin faqaala ahattu bimaa lam tuhit bihee wa ji'tuka min Sabaim binaba iny-yaqeen
Translation
But the hoopoe stayed not long and said, "I have encompassed [in knowledge] that which you have not encompassed, and I have come to you from Sheba with certain news.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
The hoopoe remained absent for a short while. Then when it came, it said to Solomon (peace be upon him): “I discovered what you did not discover, and I have brought to you from Sheba true news in which there is no doubt.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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