Quran 27:29 Surah Naml ayat 29 Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English
﴿قَالَتْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ إِنِّي أُلْقِيَ إِلَيَّ كِتَابٌ كَرِيمٌ﴾
[ النمل: 29]
27:29 She said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter.
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Quran 27:29 Tafsir Al-Jalalayn
Then she said to the noblemen of her people ‘O members of the council lo! read yā ayyuhā’l-mala’u innī pronouncing in the last two words both hamzas; or by not pronouncing the second one and changing it into a wāw with kasra vowelling a noble a sealed letter has been delivered to me.
Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
She -the Queen- said to her counselors: O you counselors, I have just received an honourable letter which has been dropped into my quarters
Quran 27:29 Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Sulayman's Letter to Bilqis
Allah tells us what Sulayman said to the hoopoe when he told him about the people of Saba' and their queen:
قَالَ سَنَنظُرُ أَصَدَقْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْكَـذِبِينَ
( (Sulayman ) said: "We shall see whether you speak the truth or you are ( one ) of the liars.") meaning, `are you telling the truth'
أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْكَـذِبِينَ
( or you are (one ) of the liars.) meaning, `or are you telling a lie in order to save yourself from the threat I made against you'
اذْهَب بِّكِتَابِى هَـذَا فَأَلْقِهْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ
( Go you with this letter of mine and deliver it to them then draw back from them and see what they return. ) Sulayman wrote a letter to Bilqis and her people and gave it to the hoopoe to deliver.
It was said that he carried it on his wings, as is the way with birds, or that he carried it in his beak.
He went to their land and found the palace of Bilqis, then he went to her private chambers and threw the letter through a small window, then he stepped to one side out of good manners.
Bilqis was amazed and confused when she saw that, then she went and picked up the letter, opened its seal and read it.
The letter said:
إِنَّهُ مِن سُلَيْمَانَ وَإِنَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ - أَلاَّ تَعْلُواْ عَلَىَّ وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ
( it is from Sulayman, and it (reads ): `In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful; Be you not exalted against me, but come to me submitting ( as Muslims ).') So she gathered her commanders and ministers and the leaders of her land, and said to them:
يأَيُّهَا الْمَلأُ إِنَّى أُلْقِىَ إِلَىَّ كِتَابٌ كَرِيمٌ
( "O chiefs! Verily, here is delivered to me a noble letter." ) She described it as such because of the wondrous things she had seen, that it was delivered by a bird who threw it to her, then stood aside out of good manners.
This was something that no king could do.
Then she read the letter to them:
إِنَّهُ مِن سُلَيْمَانَ وَإِنَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ - أَلاَّ تَعْلُواْ عَلَىَّ وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ
( Verily, it is from Sulayman, and it (reads ): `In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful; Be you not exalted against me, but come to me submitting ( as Muslims ).') Thus they knew that it was from Allah's Prophet Sulayman, upon him be peace, and that they could not match him.
This letter was the utmost in brevity and eloquence, coming straight to the point.
أَلاَّ تَعْلُواْ عَلَىَّ
( Be you not exalted against me, ) Qatadah said: "Do not be arrogant with me.
وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ
( but come to me submitting (as Muslims ).
)" `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said: "Do not refuse or be too arrogant to come to me
وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ
( but come to me submitting (as Muslims ).)"
Tafsir Maarif-ul-Quran Mufti Muhammad Shafi
Sulayman's Letter to Bilqis
Allah tells us what Sulayman said to the hoopoe when he told him about the people of Saba' and their queen:
قَالَ سَنَنظُرُ أَصَدَقْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْكَـذِبِينَ
( (Sulayman ) said: "We shall see whether you speak the truth or you are ( one ) of the liars.") meaning, `are you telling the truth'
أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْكَـذِبِينَ
( or you are (one ) of the liars.) meaning, `or are you telling a lie in order to save yourself from the threat I made against you'
اذْهَب بِّكِتَابِى هَـذَا فَأَلْقِهْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ
( Go you with this letter of mine and deliver it to them then draw back from them and see what they return. ) Sulayman wrote a letter to Bilqis and her people and gave it to the hoopoe to deliver.
It was said that he carried it on his wings, as is the way with birds, or that he carried it in his beak.
He went to their land and found the palace of Bilqis, then he went to her private chambers and threw the letter through a small window, then he stepped to one side out of good manners.
Bilqis was amazed and confused when she saw that, then she went and picked up the letter, opened its seal and read it.
The letter said:
إِنَّهُ مِن سُلَيْمَانَ وَإِنَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ - أَلاَّ تَعْلُواْ عَلَىَّ وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ
( it is from Sulayman, and it (reads ): `In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful; Be you not exalted against me, but come to me submitting ( as Muslims ).') So she gathered her commanders and ministers and the leaders of her land, and said to them:
يأَيُّهَا الْمَلأُ إِنَّى أُلْقِىَ إِلَىَّ كِتَابٌ كَرِيمٌ
( "O chiefs! Verily, here is delivered to me a noble letter." ) She described it as such because of the wondrous things she had seen, that it was delivered by a bird who threw it to her, then stood aside out of good manners.
This was something that no king could do.
Then she read the letter to them:
إِنَّهُ مِن سُلَيْمَانَ وَإِنَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ - أَلاَّ تَعْلُواْ عَلَىَّ وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ
( Verily, it is from Sulayman, and it (reads ): `In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful; Be you not exalted against me, but come to me submitting ( as Muslims ).') Thus they knew that it was from Allah's Prophet Sulayman, upon him be peace, and that they could not match him.
This letter was the utmost in brevity and eloquence, coming straight to the point.
أَلاَّ تَعْلُواْ عَلَىَّ
( Be you not exalted against me, ) Qatadah said: "Do not be arrogant with me.
وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ
( but come to me submitting (as Muslims ).
)" `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said: "Do not refuse or be too arrogant to come to me
وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ
( but come to me submitting (as Muslims ).)"
Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
He did as Solomon commanded, and Balqis took the letter and went to meet her entourage. ( (The Queen of Sheba ) said: O chieftains! Lo! there hath been thrown unto me a noble letter) a sealed letter.
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
She said: "O chiefs! Verily! Here is delivered to me a noble letter,
We try our best to translate, keeping in mind the Italian saying: "Traduttore, traditore", which means: "Translation is a betrayal of the original text".
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