An-Naml 27:22 فمكث غير بعيد فقال احطت بما لم تحط به وجيتك من سبا بنبا يقين ٢٢
فَمَكَثَ
غَيۡرَ
بَعِيدٖ
فَقَالَ
أَحَطتُ
بِمَا
لَمۡ
تُحِطۡ
بِهِۦ
وَجِئۡتُكَ
مِن
سَبَإِۭ
بِنَبَإٖ
يَقِينٍ
٢٢
It was not long before the bird came and said, “I have found out something you do not know. I have just come to you from Sheba with sure news.
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
How the Hoopoe came before Sulayman and told Him about Saba'
Allah says:
فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
(But (the hoopoe) stayed not long,) meaning, he was absent for only a short time. Then he came and said to Sulayman:
أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ
(I have grasped which you have not grasped) meaning, `I have
…How the Hoopoe came before Sulayman and told Him about Saba'
Allah says:
فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
(But (the hoopoe) stayed not long,) meaning, he was abse
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