An-Naml (The Ant)
Verse 22of 93
فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍۢ فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ وَجِئْتُكَ مِن سَبَإٍۭ بِنَبَإٍۢ يَقِينٍ﴿٢٢﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
But the hoopoe stayed not long and said, "I have encompassed [in knowledge] that which you have not encompassed, and I have come to you from Sheba with certain news.
Word-by-word meaning
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
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 come to know something that you and your troops do not know.'وَجِئْتُكَ مِن سَبَإٍ بِنَبَإٍ يَقِينٍ(and I have come to you from Saba' with true news.) meaning, with true and certain news.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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