27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 38
قَالَ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَؤُ۬ا اَيُّكُمْ يَأْت۪ين۪ي بِعَرْشِهَا قَبْلَ اَنْ يَأْتُون۪ي مُسْلِم۪ينَ
Qala ya ayyuha almalaoayyukum ya/teenee biAAarshiha qabla an ya/toonee muslimeen
He said, ‘Council! who among you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?’
- Progressive Muslims
He said: "O commanders, which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me surrendering"
- Shabbir Ahmed
(When Solomon found out that the Queen was coming), he said, "O Chiefs! Which one of you can present the best plan to get her throne before they come to me surrendering?" (1500 miles between Ma'arib, the capital of Sheba to Jerusalem. )
- Sam Gerrans
He said: “O eminent ones: which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me submitting?”
- The Monotheist Group
He said: "O commanders, which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"
- Edip-Layth
He said, "O commanders, which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me peacefully surrendering?"
- Aisha Bewley
He said, ‘Council! who among you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?’
- Rashad Khalifa
He said, "O you elders, which of you can bring me her mansion, before they arrive here as submitters?"
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
He (then) said (to his courtiers): "O you nobles, is there any one who can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"
- Sahih International
[Solomon] said, "O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"
- Muhammad Asad
[When Solomon learned that the Queen of Sheba was coming, ] he said [to his council]: "O you nobles! Which of you can bring me her throne ere she and her followers come unto me in willing surrender to God?"
- Marmaduke Pickthall
He said: O chiefs! Which of you will bring me her throne before they come unto me, surrendering?
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Then he said to the leaders of his assemblage -of the men and the Jinn-: "Who among you can fetch me her throne before they come to me with low submissive reverence for Allah!"
- Bijan Moeinian
Solomon then turned to his court’s people and asked: "Who can bring her throne to me so that they [realize my power and] come to me in submission?"
- Al-Hilali & Khan
He said: "O chiefs! Which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me surrendering themselves in obedience?"
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He said (to his own men): "Ye chiefs! which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"
- Mustafa Khattab
Solomon asked, "O chiefs! Which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me in ˹full˺ submission?"[1]
- Taqi Usmani
He said, "O chieftains, which one of you will bring her throne to me before they come to me submissively?"
- Abdul Haleem
Then he said, ‘Counsellors, which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?’
- Arthur John Arberry
He said, 'O Council, which one of you will bring me her throne, before they come to me in surrender?'
- E. Henry Palmer
Said he, 'O ye chiefs! which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me resigned?'
- Hamid S. Aziz
"Return unto them, for we will surely come to them with hosts which they cannot resist; and we will surely drive them out thence with shame and they will be humbled. "
- Mahmoud Ghali
He said, "O you chiefs, whichever one of you will come up to me with (i. e., bring) her throne before they come up to me as Muslims?" (Or: in surrender).
- George Sale
And Solomon said, O nobles, which of you will bring unto me her throne, before they come and surrender themselves unto me?
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
He said (to his own army): "You chiefs! Which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me surrendering as Muslims, in submission?
- Amatul Rahman Omar
(Later on addressing his courtiers Solomon) said, `Nobles! which one of you will bring me a throne befitting her (- the Queen) before they come to me surrendering in submission. '
- Ali Quli Qarai
He said, ‘O [members of the] elite! Which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?’