The Ant
27. An-Naml
النمل
Page #378
27:22
فَمَكَثَ
غَيْرَ
بَعِيدٍ
فَقَالَ
أَحَطتُ
بِمَا
لَمْ
تُحِطْ
بِهِ
وَجِئْتُكَ
مِن
سَبَإٍ
بِنَبَإٍ
يَقِينٍ
fa-makatha ghayra baʿīdin fa-qāla ʾaḥaṭtu bi-mā lam tuḥiṭ bihī wa-jiʾtuka min sabaʾin bi-nabaʾin yaqīnin
But the Hoopoe tarried not far: he (came up and) said: "I have compassed (territory) which thou hast not compassed, and I have come to thee from Saba with tidings true.
— Abdullah Yusufali
He did not stay for long [before he turned up] and said, ‘I have alighted on something which you have not alighted on, and I have brought you from Sheba a definite report.
