Surah 27. An-Naml, Ayah 44
| قِيلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِي الصَّرْحَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَيْهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُ صَرْحٌ مُمَرَّدٌ مِنْ قَوَارِيرَ ۗ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَانَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | qela la- -haa udkhule as.- s.arh. fa- lammaa ra'at -hu h.asibat -hu lujjah wa- kashafat can saaqai -haa qaala 'inna -hu s.arh. mumarrad min qawaarer qaalat rabb -i 'inni -y z.alamtu nafs -e wa- aslamtu maca sulaymaan li- 'allaah rabb al- caalamen |
| Pickthall | : | It was said unto her: Enter the hall. And when she saw it she deemed it a pool and bared her legs. (Solomon) said: Lo! it is a hall, made smooth, of glass. She said: My Lord! Lo! I have wronged myself, and I surrender with Solomon unto Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. |
| Asad | : | [After a while] she was told: "Enter this court!" - but when she saw it, she thought that it was a fathomless exDanse of water. and she bared her legs.41 Said he: 'Behold, it is [but] a court smoothly paved with glass !" 42 Cried she: "O my Sustainer! I have been sinning against myself [by worshipping aught but Thee]: but [now] I have surrendered myself, with Solomon, unto the Sustainer of all the worlds!" |
| Malik | : | - Then she was asked to enter the palace. When she saw its floor, she thought that there was pool of water, so she tucked up her skirts uncovering her legs. Sulaiman said. "This is just a glossy paving of this palace." At this she exclaimed: "O my Rabb! I have indeed wronged my soul, now I submit myself in Islam with Sulaiman to Allah, the Rabb of the Worlds." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | She was asked to enter that lofty Palace: but when she saw it she thought it was a lake of water and she (tucked up her skirts) uncovering her legs. He said. "This is but a palace paved smooth with slabs of glass." She said: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul: I do (now) submit (in Islam) with Solomon to the Lord of the Worlds." 3281 3282 |
Note - 41I.e., in order to wade into it, or perhaps to swim
through it, thus braving the seemingly fathomless deep:
possibly a symbolic indication of the fear which a human
being may feel when his own search after truth forces him
to abandon the warm, soothing security of his erstwhile
social and mental environment, and to venture into the -
as yet - unknown realm of the spirit.
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Note - 42I.e., not a dangerous, bottomless deep, as it appeared at
first glance, but, rather, the firm, glass-clear light of
truth: and with her perception of the ever-existing
difference between appearance and reality, the Queen of
Sheba comes to the end of her spiritual journey.
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Note - 3281Bilqis, having been received with honour on her arrival,
and having accepted the transformation of her throne,
placed presumably in an outer building of the Palace, is
asked to enter the great Palace itself. Its floor was
made of slabs of smooth polished glass, that glistened
like water. She thought it was water, and tucked up her
clothes to pass through it, showing her bare feet and
ankles. This was a very undignified position for a woman,
especially one of the position of a Queen. Solomon
immediately told her the real facts, when she felt
grateful, and joined herself with Solomon in praising
Allah.
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Note - 3282A gentle leader points out the truth. Instead of
resenting it, the new entrant is grateful; acknowledges
his own mistake freely and frankly; and heartily joins
with the Teacher in the worship of Allah, the Source of
all truth and knowledge.
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I.e., in order to wade into it, or perhaps to swim through it, thus braving the seemingly fathomless deep: possibly a symbolic indication of the fear which a human being may feel when his own search after truth forces him to abandon the warm, soothing security of his erstwhile social and mental environment, and to venture into the - as yet - unknown realm of the spirit. |
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Bilqis, having been received with honour on her arrival, and having accepted the transformation of her throne, placed presumably in an outer building of the Palace, is asked to enter the great Palace itself. Its floor was made of slabs of smooth polished glass, that glistened like water. She thought it was water, and tucked up her clothes to pass through it, showing her bare feet and ankles. This was a very undignified position for a woman, especially one of the position of a Queen. Solomon immediately told her the real facts, when she felt grateful, and joined herself with Solomon in praising Allah. |
