Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[When the Queen had read Solomon’s letter,] she said: “O you nobles! A truly distinguished letter has been conveyed unto me
Arthur John Arberry
She said, 'O Council, see, a letter honourable has been cast unto me
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(The queen) said: "Ye chiefs! here is delivered to me - a letter worthy of respect
Arabic
قَالَتۡ یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَؤُا۟ إِنِّیۤ أُلۡقِیَ إِلَیَّ كِتَـٰبࣱ كَرِیمٌ ٢٩
Transliteration (2021)
qālat yāayyuhā l-mala-u innī ul'qiya ilayya kitābun karīmu