Surah An-Naml, Ayah 44 (27:44)

ٱلنَّمْل

قِيلَ لَهَا ٱدْخُلِى ٱلصَّرْحَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَن سَاقَيْهَا ۚ …

Quran 27:44 is ayah 44 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 380 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:44
قِيلَلَهَاٱدْخُلِىٱلصَّرْحَ ۖفَلَمَّارَأَتْهُحَسِبَتْهُلُجَّةًوَكَشَفَتْعَنسَاقَيْهَا ۚقَالَإِنَّهُۥصَرْحٌمُّمَرَّدٌمِّنقَوَارِيرَ ۗقَالَتْرَبِّإِنِّىظَلَمْتُنَفْسِىوَأَسْلَمْتُمَعَسُلَيْمَٰنَلِلَّهِرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ٤٤
qīla lahā ud'khulī l-ṣarḥa falammā ra-athu ḥasibathu lujjatan wakashafat ʿan sāqayhā qāla innahu ṣarḥun mumarradun min qawārīra qālat rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī wa-aslamtu maʿa sulaymāna lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

She was told, "Enter the palace." But when she saw it, she thought it was a body of water and uncovered her shins [to wade through]. He said, "Indeed, it is a palace [whose floor is] made smooth with glass." She said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I submit with Solomon to Allāh, Lord of the worlds."(44)

Word by word

  1. قِيلَqīlaIt was said
  2. لَهَاlahāto her
  3. ٱدْخُلِىud'khulīEnter
  4. ٱلصَّرْحَ ۖl-ṣarḥathe palace
  5. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
  6. رَأَتْهُra-athushe saw it
  7. حَسِبَتْهُḥasibathushe thought it
  8. لُجَّةًlujjatan(was) a pool
  9. وَكَشَفَتْwakashafatand she uncovered
  10. عَنʿan[on]
  11. سَاقَيْهَا ۚsāqayhāher shins
  12. قَالَqālaHe said
  13. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
  14. صَرْحٌṣarḥun(is) a palace
  15. مُّمَرَّدٌmumarradunmade smooth
  16. مِّنminof
  17. قَوَارِيرَ ۗqawārīraglass
  18. قَالَتْqālatShe said
  19. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
  20. إِنِّىinnīindeed, I
  21. ظَلَمْتُẓalamtu[I] have wronged
  22. نَفْسِىnafsīmyself
  23. وَأَسْلَمْتُwa-aslamtuand I submit
  24. مَعَmaʿawith
  25. سُلَيْمَٰنَsulaymānaSulaiman
  26. لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
  27. رَبِّrabbi(the) Lord
  28. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

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