An-Naml 27:42 فلما جاءت قيل اهاكذا عرشك قالت كانه هو واوتينا العلم من قبلها وكنا مسلمين ٤٢
فَلَمَّا
جَآءَتۡ
قِيلَ
أَهَٰكَذَا
عَرۡشُكِۖ
قَالَتۡ
كَأَنَّهُۥ
هُوَۚ
وَأُوتِينَا
ٱلۡعِلۡمَ
مِن
قَبۡلِهَا
وَكُنَّا
مُسۡلِمِينَ
٤٢
So when she came, it was said (to her): "Is your throne like this?" She said: "(It is) as though it were the very same." And [Sulaimân (Solomon) said]: "Knowledge was bestowed on us before her, and we were submitted to Allâh (in Islâm as Muslims before her)."
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