An-Naml Verse 29

The Queen ˹later˺ announced, “O chiefs! Indeed, a noble letter has been delivered to me.

The Queen said, “O chiefs, a noble letter has been delivered to me.

She said, 'O Council, see, a letter honourable has been cast unto me.

The Queen of Sheba said, ‘Counsellors, a gracious letter has been delivered to me.

She said: O chiefs! verily there hath been cast unto me an honourable epistle.

(The queen) said; "Ye chiefs! here is delivered to me - a letter worthy of respect.

The Queen said:" Know my nobles that a gracious letter has been delivered to me.

(The Queen said): "O nobles, a venerable letter has been delivered to me.

The woman said, “O chieftains, indeed a noble letter has been dropped upon me.”

She said, ‘O [members of the] elite! Indeed a noble letter has been delivered to me.

She (the Queen, when the letter reached her) said: "O you nobles! See, an honorable letter has been cast to me.

(When the Queen saw the letter) she said, `Chieftains! there has been delivered to me a noble letter.

She said: "You, you the nobles/assembly , that I , was/is thrown to me (an) honoured/generous Book ."

The woman said, “O chieftains, indeed a noble letter has been dropped upon me.”

"Go with this my letter and throw it before them, then turn away from them, and see what answer they return."

She said: "O chiefs! Verily! Here is delivered to me a noble letter,

He said: We shall see whether thou speakest the truth or whether thou art a liar.

She said: O chief! surely an honorable letter has been delivered to me

(The Queen of Sheba) said (when she received the letter): O chieftains! Lo! there hath been thrown unto me a noble letter.

(The Queen of Sheba) said to her officials, "A gracious letter has been dropped before me.

She (the Queen of Sheba) said: 'O Council, look, an honorable letter has been dropped to me.

She said: "O chiefs! Verily, here is delivered to me a noble letter, "

The Queen of Sheba said, "O Counsellors, an honourable letter has been delivered to me.

She said, “O Counselors, a gracious letter was delivered to me.

Then, she said, to the noblemen of her people; `O [members of the] council, lo! (read y ayyuh'l-mala'u inn, pronouncing [in the last two words] both hamzas; or by not pronouncing the second one and changing it into a ww with kasra vowelling) a noble, a sealed, letter has been delivered to me.

قَالَتْ

She said;(said to them),

يَا أَيُّهَا المَلَاُ إِنِّي أُلْقِيَ إِلَيَّ 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 الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ