27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 41
قَالَ نَكِّرُوا لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنْظُرْ اَتَهْتَد۪ٓي اَمْ تَكُونُ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ
Qala nakkiroo laha AAarshahananthur atahtadee am takoonu mina allatheenala yahtadoon
He said, ‘Disguise her throne. We shall see whether she is guided or someone who is not guided.’
- Progressive Muslims
He said: "Disguise her throne so we may see if she will be guided or if she will be of those who are not guided. "
- Shabbir Ahmed
Solomon then said, "Alter her throne for her that we may see whether she gets the point and comes to guidance or she remains unguided. " (Solomon's workmen had erased the images of the sun god, inscribed sensible inscriptions and made the throne look even more gorgeous).
- Sam Gerrans
(He said: “Disguise her throne for her; we will see if she is guided, or if she is of those not guided.”
- The Monotheist Group
He said: "Disguise her throne so we may see if she will be guided or if she will be of those who are not guided."
- Edip-Layth
He said, "Disguise her throne so we may see if she will be guided or if she will be of those who are not guided."
- Aisha Bewley
He said, ‘Disguise her throne. We shall see whether she is guided or someone who is not guided.’
- Rashad Khalifa
He said, "Remodel her mansion for her. Let us see if she will be guided, or continue with the misguided."
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
(Turning to his nobles) he said: "Change the appearance of her throne. Let us see if she is rightly guided, or is not guided at all."
- Sahih International
He said, "Disguise for her her throne; we will see whether she will be guided [to truth] or will be of those who is not guided. "
- Muhammad Asad
[And] he continued: Alter her throne so that she may not know it as hers: let us see whether she allows herself to be guided [to the truth] or remains one of those who will not be guided. "
- Marmaduke Pickthall
He said: Disguise her throne for her that we may see whether she will go aright or be of those not rightly guided.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Sulayman then said to his assemblage: "Disguise her throne to see whether she will be able to recognize it or she will be one of those who lack insight and do not discern the truth.
- Bijan Moeinian
Solomon then ordered to build a palace to accommodate the Queen at her arrival and said: "Let us see whether she will submit to God or will remain defiant. "
- Al-Hilali & Khan
He said: "Disguise her throne for her that we may see whether she will be guided (to recognise her throne), or she will be one of those not guided."
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He said: "Transform her throne out of all recognition by her: let us see whether she is guided (to the truth) or is one of those who receive no guidance."
- Mustafa Khattab
˹Then˺ Solomon said, "Disguise her throne for her so we may see whether she will recognize ˹it˺ or she will not be able to."
- Taqi Usmani
He said, "Disguise the throne for her, and we will see whether she discovers the truth, or she does not recognize it."
- Abdul Haleem
Then he said, ‘Disguise her throne, and we shall see whether or not she recognizes it.’
- Arthur John Arberry
He said, 'Disguise her throne for her, and we shall behold whether she is guided or if she is of those that are not guided. '
- E. Henry Palmer
Said he, 'Disguise for her her throne; let us see whether she is guided, or whether she is of those who are not guided. '
- Hamid S. Aziz
He who had the knowledge of the Book said, "I will bring it to you before your glance can turn. " And when he saw it set down beside him, he (Solomon) said, "This is of my Lord's grace that He may try me whether I give thanks or am ungrateful. Whoever gives thanks, gives thanks for the good of his own soul; but he who is ungrateful - truly, my Lord is rich (independent, free of all needs) and Bountiful."
- Mahmoud Ghali
He said, "Disguise her throne for her, that we may look into whether she is guided, or she is of the ones who are not guided. "
- George Sale
And Solomon said unto his servants, alter her throne, that she may not know it, to the end we may see whether she be rightly directed, or whether she be one of those who are not rightly directed.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
He said: "Change her throne that it is beyond recognition by her let us see whether she is guided (to Allah) or (she) is one of those who takes no guidance. "
- Amatul Rahman Omar
He (further) said, `Make her own (old) throne seem discredited to her (in her own estimation by making this new throne of a very excellent standard). We shall see (thereby) whether she follows the right way (by discarding her old idolatrous throne) or whether she is (one) of those who do not follow the right way.'
- Ali Quli Qarai
He said, ‘Disguise her throne for her, so that we may see whether she is discerning or if she is one of the undiscerning ones. ’