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AYAH an-Naml 27:22 

Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration
Arabic فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ وَجِئْتُكَ مِن سَبَإٍ بِنَبَإٍ يَقِين zoom
Transliteration Famakatha ghayra baAAeedin faqala ahattu bima lam tuhit bihi waji/tuka min saba-in binaba-in yaqeenin zoom
Transliteration-2 famakatha ghayra baʿīdin faqāla aḥaṭtu bimā lam tuḥiṭ bihi waji'tuka min saba-in binaba-in yaqīni zoom
Word for Word
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 So he stayed not long, and he said, "I have encompassed that which not you have encompassed it, and I have come to you from Saba with news certain. zoom


Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad But [the hoopoe] tarried but a short while; and [when it came] it said: “I have encompassed [with my knowledge] something that thou hast never yet encompassed [with thine] - for I have come to thee from Sheba with a tiding sure zoom
M. M. Pickthall But he was not long in coming, and he said: I have found out (a thing) that thou apprehendest not, and I come unto thee from Sheba with sure tidings zoom
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) But the Hoopoe tarried not far: he (came up and) said: "I have compassed (territory) which thou hast not compassed, and I have come to thee from Saba with tidings true zoom
Shakir And he tarried not long, then said: I comprehend that which you do not comprehend and I have brought to you a sure information from Sheba zoom
Wahiduddin Khan But he was not long in coming, and said, I have learnt something you did not know. I have come to you from Sheba with reliable news zoom
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar But it was not long in coming. Then, it said: I comprehended what thou hast not comprehended of it. And I drew near thee from Sheba with certain tidings. zoom
T.B.Irving It was not long in coming, and said: "I have just acquired some information you have not picked up, for I bring you reliable news from Sheba. zoom
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab 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. zoom
Safi Kaskas But the hoopoe did not stay away for long. It said, "I learned something that you do not know, and I have brought you news from Sheba. zoom
Abdul Hye But he (the hoopoe) did not stay long, he (came up and) said: “I have just found (the knowledge of a thing) which you have not found. I have come to you from Sheba with true news. zoom
The Study Quran But he tarried not long, and said, “I have comprehended that which thou hast not comprehended, and I bring you a sure report from Sheba zoom
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) But the hoopoe did not stay away long, then he said: "I have seen what you do not know, and I have come to you from Sheba with news which is certain." zoom
Abdel Haleem But the hoopoe did not stay away long: he came and said, ‘I have learned something you did not know: I come to you from Sheba with firm news zoom
Abdul Majid Daryabadi Buthe tarried not far, and he said: I have encompassed that which thou hast- not encompassed, and I come unto thee from Saba with a tidings sure zoom
Ahmed Ali But he was not long in coming, and reported: "I have been around where you have not been. I come from Saba with positive news zoom
Aisha Bewley However, it was not long delayed, and then it said, ´I have comprehended something you have not and bring you accurate intelligence from Sheba. zoom
Ali Ünal Before long the hoopoe came up and said: "I have obtained (some important information) which you do not have, and have come to you from Sheba with reliable news zoom
Ali Quli Qara'i He did not stay for long [before he turned up] and said, ‘I have alighted on something which you have not alighted on, and I have brought you from Sheba a definite report zoom
Hamid S. Aziz But he was not long in coming, and said, "I have compassed (covered territory or found out) what you compassed (covered or understood) not; for I come unto you from Sheba with sure information zoom
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Yet he stayed (a while) without being far away, then said, "I have encompassed that which you have not encompassed, and I have come from Saba? to you with a tiding of certitude zoom
Muhammad Sarwar Not long after the hoopoe came forward and said, "I have information which you do not have. I have come from the land of Sheba with a true report zoom
Muhammad Taqi Usmani Then the hoopoe did not take long and said (to Sulaiman), .I have discovered what you did not, and have brought to you a sure information from Saba‘ (Sheba) zoom
Shabbir Ahmed But before lon zoom
Syed Vickar Ahamed But (the Hoopoe) did not stay behind too far: He (approached Sulaiman and) said: "I have traveled (through lands) where you have not gone and I have come to you from Saba (Sheba) with true (and correct) news zoom
Umm Muhammad (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 zoom
Farook Malik The hoopoe, who did not take long in coming, said: I have just found out that which you do not know. I have brought you reliable information about the people of Sheba zoom
Dr. Munir Munshey The swan did not stay (absent) for long. He said, "I have come across certain facts about which you know nothing. I bring you a reliable account from the land of Saba." zoom
Dr. Kamal Omar But (the hoopoe) tarried not long. So (he came back and) said: “I have surveyed what you survey not thereof. And I have returned to you from (the head of statedom of) Saba with an authentic information zoom
Talal A. Itani (new translation) But he did not stay for long. He said, 'I have learnt something you did not know. I have come to you from Sheba, with reliable information zoom
Maududi Not before long the hoopoe came up and said: "I have obtained a knowledge which you could not. I have brought for you sure news about Sheba zoom
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad So he waited not too long, then he said: I found out what you did not know it, and I brought you confirmed news from Sheba zoom
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) But the hoopoe had not gone far. It approached him and said, “I have compassed territory which you have not compassed, and I have come to you from Sheba with certain findings zoom
Musharraf Hussain The hoopoe did not stay away for long; he returned and said, “I know of something that you don’t, and I bring you an accurate report from Sheba. zoom
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) But the hoopoe did not stay away long, then he said: "I have seen what you do not know, and I have come to you from Sheba with news which is certain. zoom
Mohammad Shafi And when the bird registered its presence before long, it said, "I have covered something which you have not. And I have come to you from Sheba with reliable information!" zoom

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian It did not take a long when Hoopoe arrived saying: “I have been to the land of Sheba and you do not know what is going on there.&rdquo zoom
Faridul Haque So Hudhud did not stay absent for long, and presenting himself submitted, “I have witnessed a matter that your majesty has not seen, and I have brought definite information to you from the city of Saba.&rdquo zoom
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah He was not long in coming, and said: 'I know what you do not know. I come to you from Sheba with certain news zoom
Maulana Muhammad Ali And he tarried not long, then said: I have compassed that which thou has not compassed and I have come to thee from Saba’ with sure information - zoom
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira So it waited/remained not far/distant, so it said: "I became aware/enveloped with what you did not become aware (of)/envelope with it, and I came to you from Sheba with sure/certain news/information." zoom
Sher Ali And he did not tarry long before Hudhud came and said, `I have acquired knowledge of that of which thou hast no knowledge; and I have come to thee from Saba' with sure tidings zoom
Rashad Khalifa He did not wait for long. (The hoopoe) said, "I have news that you do not have. I brought to you from Sheba, some important information. zoom
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Then the hoopoe (Hud-Hud) did not stay long and he came and said, 'I have seen that which you have not seen and I have brought to you a certain news from the city of Saba. zoom
Amatul Rahman Omar But he (- Solomon) had not to wait long (before Hudhud came) and said, `I have acquired that information which you do not possess. I have come to you from (the territory of a Yemanite tribe) Saba' with sure and important news (to tell) zoom
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri It was only for a little while that he stayed (outside), then he (appeared and) said: ‘I have come to know a thing that is (perhaps) not in your knowledge, and I have brought you from (the land of) Saba (Sheba) a sure and true piece of news zoom
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali But the hoopoe stayed not long, he (came up and) said: "I have grasped (the knowledge of a thing) which you have not grasped and I have come to you from Saba (Sheba) with true news zoom

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry But he tarried not long, and said, 'I have comprehended that which thou hast not comprehended, and I have come from Sheba to thee with a sure tiding zoom
Edward Henry Palmer And he tarried not long, and said, 'I have compassed what ye compassed not; for I bring you from Seba a sure information zoom
George Sale And she tarried not long before she presented herself unto Solomon, and said, I have viewed a country which thou hast not viewed; and I come unto thee from Saba, with a certain piece of news zoom
John Medows Rodwell Nor tarried it long ere it came and said, "I have gained the knowledge that thou knowest not, and with sure tidings have I come to thee from Saba zoom
N J Dawood (2014) The bird, who was not long in coming, said: ‘Things have come to my knowledge that are unknown to you. With truthful news I come to you from Sheba zoom

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto (The hoopoe) did not tarry long. He said, “I have learned something you have not known. I have come to you from Sheba with accurate news. zoom
Sayyid Qutb But the hoopoe did not take long in coming. He said: 'I have just learnt things that are unknown to you, and I come to you from Sheba with accurate information. zoom
Ahmed Hulusi Then (Hoopoe) came shortly after and said, “I saw something you do not know and I have come to you with reliable news from Sheba.” zoom
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli But the hoopoe tarried not long, then he (came and) said: �I have comprehended that which you have not comprehended, and I have come to you from Sheba with a sure tiding� zoom
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim And there and not far came forth -the hoopoe- into view and said : "I have learned something you have no knowledge of and I have brought you some objectively certain news from the kingdom of Saba." zoom
Mir Aneesuddin So without making (him) wait for long (the hoopoe came) and said, "I have acquired (knowledge) of that which you do not know, and I bring to you true news from Saba. zoom

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