Surah An Naml Tafseer
Tafseer of An-Naml : 22
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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.
Ibn Kathir
Tafseer 'Ibn Kathir' (EN)
How the Hoopoe came before Suleiman and told Him about Saba'
Allah says:
فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
But (the hoopoe) stayed not long,
meaning, he was absent for only a short time.
فَقَالَ
he said:
Then he came and said to Suleiman:
أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ
I have grasped which you have not grasped,
meaning, `I have come to know something that you and your troops do not know.'
وَجِيْتُكَ مِن سَبَإٍ بِنَبَإٍ يَقِينٍ
and I have come to you from Saba' with true news.
meaning, with true and certain news.
Saba' (Sheba) refers to Himyar, they were a dynasty in Yemen.
Then the hoopoe said
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