ٱذْهَب بِّكِتَٰبِى هَٰذَا فَأَلْقِهْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ
Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return."
Translation · Saheeh International
Tafsir
Ibn Kathīr (abridged)
Sulayman's Letter to Bilqis
Allah tells us what Sulayman said to the hoopoe when he told him about the people of Saba' and their queen:
قَالَ سَنَنظُرُ أَصَدَقْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْكَـذِبِينَ
((Sulayman) said: "We shall see whether you speak the truth or you are (one) of the liars.") meaning, `are you telling the truth'
أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْكَـذِبِينَ
(or you are (one) of the liars.) meaning, `or are you telling a lie in order to save yourself from the threat I made against you'
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