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ee what answer they return"...
P: Go with this my letter and throw it down unto them; then turn away
and see what (answer) they return,
S: Take this my letter and hand it over to them, then turn away from
them and see what (answer) they return.
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Y: (The queen) said: "Ye chiefs! here is delivered to me - a letter
worthy of respect."
P: (The Queen of Sheba) said (when she received the letter): O
chieftains! Lo! there hath been thrown unto me a noble letter.
S: She said: O chief! surely an honorable letter has been delivered to
me
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Y: "It is from Solomon, and is (as follows): 'In the name of Allah, Most
Gracious, Most Merciful:'"
P: Lo! it is from Solomon, and lo! it is: In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful;
S: Surely it is from Sulaiman, and surely it is in the name of Allah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful;
027.031
Y: "'Be ye not arrogant against me, but come to me in submission (to the
true Religion).'"
P: Exalt not yourselves against me, but come unto me as those who
surrender.
S: Saying: exalt not yourselves against me and come to me in submission.
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Y: She said: "Ye chiefs! advise me in (this) my affair: no affair have I
decided except in your presence."
P: She said: O chieftains! Pronounce for me in my case. I decide no case
till ye are present with me.
S: She said: O chiefs! give me advice respecting my affair: I never
decide an affair until you are in my presence.
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Y: They said: "We are endued with strength, and given to vehement war:
but the command is with thee; so consider what thou wilt command."
P: They said: We are lords of might and lords of great prowess, but it
is for thee to command; so consider what thou wilt command.
S: They said: We are possessors of strength and possessors of mighty
prowess, and the command is yours, therefore see what you will command.
027.034
Y: She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the
noblest of its people its meanest thus do they behave."
P: She said: Lo! kings, when they enter a township, ruin it and make the
honour of its people shame. Thus will they do.
S: She said: Surely the kings, when they enter a town, ruin it and make
the noblest of its people to be low, and thus they (always) do;
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Y: "But I am going to send him a present, and (wait) to see with what
(answer) return (my) ambassadors."
P: But lo! I am going to send a present unto them, and to s
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