# 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 28 - **Surah:** 27. Surah An-Naml (The Ant) — سورة النمل - **Verse:** 28 / 93 · **Juz:** 19 · **Mushaf page:** 378 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-28 ## Arabic اِذْهَبْ بِكِتَاب۪ي هٰذَا فَاَلْقِهْ اِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ ## Transcription Ithhab bikitabee hathafaalqih ilayhim thumma tawalla AAanhum fanthurmatha yarjiAAoon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them and then withdraw from them a little and see how they respond. ’ ### Progressive Muslims "Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them, then withdraw from them and observe what they respond with. " ### Shabbir Ahmed (He gave a letter to the Commander of the cavalry to take to the court of Sheba, and to watch their response), "Go with this letter of mine and make sure you convey it to them, and then come back with the answer they give. " ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation “Go thou with this my writ; cast thou it unto them, then turn thou away from them and see thou what they will return.” ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation "Take this letter of mine and cast it to them, then withdraw from them and observe what they respond with." ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament "Take this letter from me, give it to them, then watch for their response." ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira Take this letter from me, and deliver it to them and withdraw, then see what reply they give in return. " ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return." ### Muhammad Asad Go with this my letter and convey it to them; and thereafter withdraw from them and see what [answer] they return. " ### Marmaduke Pickthall Go with this my letter and throw it down unto them; then turn away and see what (answer) they return, ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary Take this letter of mine, deliver it to them, and then draw back from them, and observe what they do."[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Here ends the role of the hud-hud (hoopoe). The rationalists deny its being a bird for the reason that a bird could not possibly be endowed with such powers of observation, discrimination and expression that it should pass over a country and should come to know that it is the land of Saba, it has such and such a system of government, it is ruled by a certain woman, its religion is sun worship, that it should have worshiped One God instead of having gone astray, and then on its return to the Prophet Solomon (peace be upon him) it should so clearly make a report of all its observations before him. Due to these very reasons the open atheists object that the Quran is a book of fables and legends; then those who try to interpret the Quran rationally misconstrue its clear words in order to prove that the hud-hud was not at all a bird but he was a man. But the question is: What scientific information do these people have by which they could tell, with absolute certainty, what powers and abilities do the different species of animals and their different individuals have? The information that they possess only consists of the results inferred from the grossly insufficient observation made by them of the life and behavior of the animals. In fact, man has not so far been able to know through any certain means what different animals know and what they see and hear, and what they feel and think and understand, and how the mind of each one of them works. Yet, whatever little observation has been made of the life of the different species of animals, it has revealed some of their wonderful abilities. Now, when Allah, Who is the Creator of these animals, tells us that He had taught the speech of the birds to one of His Prophets and blessed him with the ability to speak to them, and the Prophet’s taming and training had so enabled a hud-hud that it could make certain observations in the foreign lands and could report that to the Prophet, we should in fact, be prepared to revise our little knowledge about the animals in the light of Allah’s statement. But, instead, we commit the folly of taking our insufficient knowledge as the criterion and belie this statement of Allah or distort it out of its true meaning. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab "Take this message of mine", Sulayman said, "and drop it in the palace then wait to see what kind of response they shall give". ### Bijan Moeinian "Take this letter of mine and hand it over to them. Wait for their response and bring it back to me." ### Al-Hilali & Khan "Go you with this letter of mine, and deliver it to them, then draw back from them, and see what (answer) they return." ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali "Go thou, with this letter of mine, and deliver it to them: then draw back from them, and (wait to) see what answer they return"... ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran Go with this letter of mine and deliver it to them, then stand aside and see how they will respond." ### Taqi Usmani Go with this letter of mine, and deliver it down to them, then turn back from them, and see how they react." ### Abdul Haleem Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them, then withdraw and see what answer they send back.’ ### Arthur John Arberry Take this letter of mine, and cast it unto them, then turn back from them and see what they shall return ' ### E. Henry Palmer Go with this my letter and throw it before them, then turn back away from them, and see what they return. ' ### Hamid S. Aziz Said he (Solomon), "We will see whether you have told the truth, or whether you are of those who lie. ### Mahmoud Ghali Go with this book (i. e., letter) of mine, then cast it to them; thereafter turn away from them, (and) so look what (answer) they return." ### George Sale Go with this my letter, and cast it down unto them; then turn aside from them, and wait to know what answer they will return. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed "Go you with this letter from me, and give it to them: Then get back from them, and (wait to) see what answer they give back. ".. ### Amatul Rahman Omar `Take this letter of mine, deliver it to them (-the people of Saba') then withdraw from them and wait what (answer) they make in return, ### Ali Quli Qarai Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then draw away from them and observe what [response] they return.’ ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü "Şu mektubumu götür onlara bırak! Sonra bir kenara çekil de bak bakalım, hangi anlayışta olacaklar?" ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı "Bu mektubumla git, onu kendilerine bırak sonra onlardan (biraz) uzaklaş, böylelikle bir bakıver, neye başvuracaklar?" ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali "Şu yazımı götürüp onlara at! Sonra onlardan uzaklaş da bak bakalım, nasıl davranacaklar." ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali "Benim şu mektubumu götür onlara at, sonra da yanlarından ayrıl ve ne sonuca varacaklarına bak." ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Şu mektubumu götür bırak onlara, sonra dön kendilerinden de bak ne neticeye varacaklar ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Şu mektubumu götür onlara bırak; sonra geri çekil de, ne sonuca varacaklarına bak!" ### Gültekin Onan "Bu mektubumla git, onu kendilerine bırak sonra onlardan (biraz) uzaklaş böylelikle bir bakıver, neye başvuracaklar?" ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim "Şu mektubumu götür, onu kendilerine bırak. Sonra onlardan biraz çekil de bak neye dönecekler"? ### İbni Kesir Şu yazımı götür, kendilerine bırak. Sonra bir yana çekil, bak; neye dönecekler. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı "Al bu mektubumu onlara götür; sonra bir kenara çekilip onları kendi hallerine bırak ve bak bakalım, nasıl bir sonuca varacaklar". ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Bu mektubumu götür ve onlara ilet, sonra onlardan biraz ayrıl ve neye başvuracaklarına bak! ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali "Bu mektubumu götür, onlara at, sonra onlardan biraz öteye çekil de bak, neye başvuruyorlar (ne yapacaklar)." ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali "Şu yazımı götürüp onlara at. Sonra onlardan uzaklaş da bak bakalım, nasıl davranacaklar." ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an "Bu mektubumu al onlara ulaştır; sonra onlardan uzaklaşıp bir köşeye çekil de bak bakalım, nasıl bir sonuca varacaklar." ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an "Bu mektubumu götür, onlara ilet. Sonra bir kenara çekilip ne tepki vereceklerini gözle." ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek "İşte, bu mektubumu onlara götür. Sonra onlardan uzaklaşarak, nasıl bir sonuca varacaklarına bak!" ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Şu mektubumu götür, onlara bırak; sonra kenara çekil de bekle; bakalım ne cevap verecekler." ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Şu mektubumu[1] götür ve kendilerine ver; sonra (kenara) çekil de ne sonuca varacaklarına bak!" _Footnotes_ - [1] Burada ve 29. ayette geçen [kitâb] kelimesi "mektup" anlamına geldiği için Kur'an'ın da Yüce Allah'tan gelen bir mektup olduğunu söyleyebiliriz. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an "Bu mektubumu götür, onlara ilet. Sonra bir kenara çekilip ne tepki vereceklerini gözle." ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an "Bu mektubumu götür, onlara ilet. Sonra bir kenara çekilip ne tepki vereceklerini gözle." ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Şu mektubumu götür, onlara bırak, sonra kenara çekil de ne yapacaklarına bak." ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | ٱذْهَب — idh'hab | Go | ذهب — Zal-he-Be | | 2 | بِّكِتَـٰبِى — bikitābī | with my letter | كتب — Kef-Te-Be | | 3 | هَـٰذَا — hādhā | this | — | | 4 | فَأَلْقِهْ — fa-alqih | and deliver it | لقي — Lam-Kaf-Ye | | 5 | إِلَيْهِمْ — ilayhim | to them | — | | 6 | ثُمَّ — thumma | Then | — | | 7 | تَوَلَّ — tawalla | turn away | ولي — Vav-Lam-Ye | | 8 | عَنْهُمْ — ʿanhum | from them | — | | 9 | فَٱنظُرْ — fa-unẓur | and see | نظر — Nun-Zay-Ra | | 10 | مَاذَا — mādhā | what | — | | 11 | يَرْجِعُونَ — yarjiʿūna | they return | رجع — Ra-Cim-Ayn | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-27.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-29.md Retrieved: 2026-08-24 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.