Surah An Naml Tafseer

ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ

Go back to them,

means, with their gift,

فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُمْ بِجُنُودٍ لاَّ قِبَلَ لَهُم بِهَا

We verily, shall come to them with armies that they cannot resist,

they have no power to match them or resist them.

وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُم مِّنْهَا أَذِلَّةً

and we shall drive them out from there in disgrace,

`we shall drive them out in disgrace from their land.'

وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَ

and they will be abased.

means, humiliated and expelled.

When her messengers came back to her with her undelivered gift, and told her what Suleiman said, she and her people paid heed and obeyed him.

She came to him with her troops in submission and humility, honoring Suleiman and intending to follow him in Islam.

When Suleiman, peace be upon him, realized that they were coming to him, he rejoiced greatly