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قَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِينِى بِعَرْشِهَا قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ﴿٣٨

Translation (Sahih International)

[Solomon] said, "O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟l-mala-uchiefs
أَيُّكُمْayyukumWhich of you
يَأْتِينِىyatīnīwill bring me
بِعَرْشِهَاbiʿarshihāher throne
قَبْلَqablabefore
أَنanthat
يَأْتُونِىyatūnīthey come to me
مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīna(in) submission

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How the Throne of Bilqis was brought in an InstantMuhammad bin Ishaq reported from Yazid bin Ruman: "When the messengers returned with word of what Sulayman said, she said: `By Allah, I knew he was more than a king, and that we have no power to match him, and that we can gain nothing by being stubborn with him. So, she sent word to him saying: "I am coming to you with the leaders of my people to see what you will instruct us to do and what you are calling us to of your religion.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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