An-Naml 27:22 فمكث غير بعيد فقال احطت بما لم تحط به وجيتك من سبا بنبا يقين ٢٢
فَمَكَثَ
غَيۡرَ
بَعِيدٖ
فَقَالَ
أَحَطتُ
بِمَا
لَمۡ
تُحِطۡ
بِهِۦ
وَجِئۡتُكَ
مِن
سَبَإِۭ
بِنَبَإٖ
يَقِينٍ
٢٢
But the hoopoe did not stay away long: he came and said, ‘I have learned something you did not know: I come to you from Sheba with firm news.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
How the Hoopoe came before Sulayman 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. Then he came and said to Sulayman:
أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ
(I have grasped which you have not grasped) meaning, `I have
…How the Hoopoe came before Sulayman and told Him about Saba'
Allah says:
فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
(But (the hoopoe) stayed not long,) meaning, he was abse
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