فَلَمَّا
جَآءَتۡ
قِيلَ
أَهَٰكَذَا
عَرۡشُكِۖ
قَالَتۡ
كَأَنَّهُۥ
هُوَۚ
وَأُوتِينَا
ٱلۡعِلۡمَ
مِن
قَبۡلِهَا
وَكُنَّا
مُسۡلِمِينَ
٤٢
So when she arrived, it was said [to her], "Is your throne like this?" She said, "[It is] as though it was it." [Solomon said], "And we were given knowledge before her, and we have been Muslims [in submission to Allāh].
— Saheeh International
So when she arrived, it was said ˹to her˺, “Is your throne like this?” She replied, “It looks to be the same. We have ˹already˺ received knowledge ˹of Solomon’s prophethood˺1 before this ˹miracle˺,2 and have submitted ˹to Allah˺.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Test of Bilqis
When Sulayman brought the throne of Bilqis before she and her people arrived, he issued orders that some of its features should be altered, so that he could test her and see whether she recognized it and how composed she would be when she saw it. Would she hasten to say either that
…The Test of Bilqis
When Sulayman brought the throne of Bilqis before she and her people arrived, he issued orders that some of its features should be a
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