Surah An-Naml 27:28 — translation and meaning

النمل · Verse 28 / 93 · Page 379

اذْهَب بِّكِتَابِي هَذَا فَأَلْقِهْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَانظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Word by Word

اذْهَب
idh'hab
Go
بِّكِتَابِي
bikitabi
with my letter
هَذَا
hadha
this
فَأَلْقِهْ
fa-alqih
and deliver it
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
to them
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
تَوَلَّ
tawalla
turn away
عَنْهُمْ
anhum
from them
فَانظُرْ
fa-unzur
and see
مَاذَا
madha
what
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarji'una
they return

Transliteration

Izhab bikitaabee haaza fa alqih ilaihim summma tawalla 'anhum fanzur maazaa yarji'oon

Translation

Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return." So Solomon wrote a letter and handed it to the hoopoe, and said to it: “Take this letter of mine, and give it to the people of Saba and hand it over to them, and step aside from them so you can hear what they say discuss regarding it”.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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