Verse. 3203

٢٧ - ٱلنَّمْل

27 - An-Naml

قِيْلَ لَہَا ادْخُلِي الصَّرْحَ۝۰ۚ فَلَمَّا رَاَتْہُ حَسِبَتْہُ لُجَّـۃً وَّكَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَيْہَا۝۰ۭ قَالَ اِنَّہٗ صَرْحٌ مُّمَرَّدٌ مِّنْ قَوَارِيْرَ۝۰ۥۭ قَالَتْ رَبِّ اِنِّىْ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِيْ وَاَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمٰنَ لِلہِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ۝۴۴ۧ
Qeela laha odkhulee alssarha falamma raathu hasibathu lujjatan wakashafat AAan saqayha qala innahu sarhun mumarradun min qawareera qalat rabbi innee thalamtu nafsee waaslamtu maAAa sulaymana lillahi rabbi alAAalameena

English

Ahmed Ali

She was invited to enter the court. When she saw it, she took it for a sheet of water, and (pulling up her skirts) uncovered her legs. (Solomon) told her: "This is paved with tiles of glass." "O Lord," she said, "I have wronged myself, and I submit to the Lord of all the worlds with Solomon."

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (it was said unto her: enter the hall) enter the castle. (and when she saw it she deemed it a pool and bared her legs) she lifted her dress above her legs. ((solomon) said: lo! it is a hall, made smooth, of glass) beneath which there is water, so do not be afraid of getting wet. (she said: my lord! lo! i have wronged myself) by worshipping the sun, (and i surrender with solomon) at the hand of solomon (unto allah, the lord of the worlds) the master of the jinn and human beings.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : it was, also, said to her, ‘enter the palace [hallway]’ — this was a transparent white glass floor underneath which flowed sweet water that contained fish. solomon had it made when he was told that her legs and feet resembled the shanks of a mule. and when she saw it, she supposed it to be a pool, of water, and so she bared her legs, to wade through it. meanwhile solomon was seated on his throne at the front part of the palace [hallway], and he saw that her legs and feet were [in fact] fair. he said, to her: ‘it is a hallway paved [smooth] with crystal’, and thereafter he called her to submit [to god]. she said, ‘my lord, indeed i have wronged myself, by worshipping other than you, and i submit with solomon to god, the lord of the worlds’. he wanted to marry her but disliked the hair on her legs. so the devils made a [depilatory] lime mixture (nūra) and she removed it therewith. he married her and had [great] love for her. and he let her remain as ruler of her kingdom and would visit her once a month, staying for three days [every time]. her reign came to an end at the same time as that of solomon. it is reported that he became king at the age of 13 and died at the age of 53 — glory be to the one whose enduring sovereignty will never end!