Tabari

Tafseer of The Ant · An-Naml · 27:27

۞ قَالَ سَنَنظُرُ أَصَدَقْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

[Solomon] said, "We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars.

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Tabari (1 passage)

  1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

    The Exalted says: قَالَ Sulaymān said to the hoopoe: سَنَنظُرُ we shall examine what excuse you have brought forward and what proof you have adduced for your absence from us, and what news you have brought us: أَصَدَقْتَ in all of that أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ therein.

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    يقول تعالى ذكره: ( قَالَ ) سليمان للهدهد: ( سَنَنظُرُ ) فيما اعتذرت به من العذر, واحتججت به من الحجة لغيبتك عنا, وفيما جئتنا به من الخير ( أَصَدَقْتَ ) في ذلك كله (أَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ ) فيه