27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 29
قَالَتْ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَؤُ۬ا اِنّ۪ٓي اُلْقِيَ اِلَيَّ كِتَابٌ كَر۪يمٌ
Qalat ya ayyuha almalaoinnee olqiya ilayya kitabun kareem
She said, ‘Council! a noble letter has been delivered to me.
- Progressive Muslims
She said: "O commanders, a noble letter has been delivered to me. "
- Shabbir Ahmed
The Queen said, "O Chiefs! Behold, a very noble letter has been conveyed to me. "
- Sam Gerrans
She said: “O eminent ones: there has been cast unto me a noble writ;
- The Monotheist Group
She said: "O commanders, a noble letter has been delivered to me."
- Edip-Layth
She said, "O commanders, a noble letter has been delivered to me."
- Aisha Bewley
She said, ‘Council! a noble letter has been delivered to me.
- Rashad Khalifa
She said, "O my advisers, I have received an honorable letter.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
(The Queen said): "O nobles, a venerable letter has been delivered to me.
- Sahih International
She said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter.
- Muhammad Asad
[When the Queen had read Solomon’s letter, ] she said: "O you nobles! A truly distinguished letter has been conveyed unto me.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
(The Queen of Sheba) said (when she received the letter): O chieftains! Lo! there hath been thrown unto me a noble letter.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
She -the Queen- said to her counselors: "O you counselors, I have just received an honourable letter which has been dropped into my quarters
- Bijan Moeinian
After having received the letter, the] Queen said to her advisors: "I have received an important letter. "
- Al-Hilali & Khan
She said: "O chiefs! Verily! Here is delivered to me a noble letter,
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(The queen) said: "Ye chiefs! here is delivered to me - a letter worthy of respect.
- Mustafa Khattab
The Queen ˹later˺ announced, "O chiefs! Indeed, a noble letter has been delivered to me.
- Taqi Usmani
She (the queen) said (to her officials after receiving the letter), "O chieftains, there has been delivered to me an esteemed letter.
- Abdul Haleem
The Queen of Sheba said, ‘Counsellors, a gracious letter has been delivered to me.
- Arthur John Arberry
She said, 'O Council, see, a letter honourable has been cast unto me.
- E. Henry Palmer
Said she, 'O ye chiefs! verily, a noble letter has been thrown before me.
- Hamid S. Aziz
"Go with this my letter and throw it before them, then turn away from them, and see what answer they return. "
- Mahmoud Ghali
She said, "O you chiefs, surely an honorable book has been cast to me.
- George Sale
And when the queen of Saba had received the letter, she said, O nobles, verily an honourable letter hath been delivered unto me;
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
She (the queen of Saba) said: "You chiefs! Here is a letter delivered to me— A noble letter.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
(When the Queen saw the letter) she said, `Chieftains! there has been delivered to me a noble letter.
- Ali Quli Qarai
She said, ‘O [members of the] elite! Indeed a noble letter has been delivered to me.