۞ قَالَ He said qāla We will see sananẓuru whether you speak (the) truth aṣadaqta or am you are kunta of mina the liars l-kādhibīna
[Solomon] said, "We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars.
ٱذْهَب Go idh'hab with my letter bikitābī this hādhā and deliver it fa-alqih to them ilayhim Then thumma turn away tawalla from them ʿanhum and see fa-unẓur what mādhā they return yarjiʿūna
Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return."
قَالَتْ She said qālat O yāayyuhā chiefs l-mala-u Indeed [I] innī is delivered ul'qiya to me ilayya a letter kitābun noble karīmun
She said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter.
إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, it innahu (is) from min Sulaiman sulaymāna and indeed it (is) wa-innahu In the name bis'mi (of) Allah l-lahi the Most Gracious l-raḥmāni the Most Merciful l-raḥīmi
Indeed, it is from Solomon, and indeed, it is [i.e., reads]: 'In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,
أَلَّا That not allā exalt yourselves taʿlū against me ʿalayya but come to me watūnī (in) submission mus'limīna
Be not haughty with me but come to me in submission [as Muslims].'"