The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 494
CH. 27 AN-NAML of his own soul; but whosoever is ungrateful, truly my Lord is Self-Sufficient, Generous. '2841 PT. 19 قَالَ نَكَّرُوا لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنظُرُ اَ تَهْتَدِى He said, “Make her throne. 42 ام تَكُونُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ unrecognizable to her, and let us see whether she follows the right way or whether she is one of those who follow not the right way. '2842 2841. Important Words: thy noble messenger) is) طرفک infinitive noun from (tarafa). They say bi. e. such a one saw. means, his eyes moved in طرف عينه order to see. b means, the extremity or end of anything; eye, look, glance, blinking; a noble or generous man in respect of ancestry; government revenue; a messenger from Yemen. means, noble in respect of both father and mother. means, the noble or exalted and the learned men of the earth. means, the lower orders of the people. means, beside, aside or apart (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The phrases may mean, (1) before thy messenger from Yemen returns to thee; (2) before the nobleman whom thou hast sent comes back to thee from Yemen; (3) in the twinkling of an eye, i. e. in a very short time; (4) before the government revenue is deposited in the treasury. In the last-mentioned meaning of the expression would mean, "I would need no more money, the money already in the government treasury would be quite sufficient to meet the expenses of constructing a throne for the queen. " The expression "who had knowledge of the book" seems to refer to one who knew the intricacies of finance. He might be Solomon's finance minister. In this and the previous verse two offers to make the throne for Solomon have been mentioned, one by the 'Ifrit who offered to prepare the throne before Solomon had raised his camp and started back, and the other by "the man who had knowledge. " The latter made a still better offer of finishing the throne before Solomon's messenger came back with the reply to his letter from the Queen. The context shows that because he wanted to have the throne Solomon accepted the second offer finished before the Queen came to pay her respects to him as he was to stay at that place till she had come and the whole ceremony was over. The verse also implies that all sorts of men were employed by Solomon― men of knowledge and experience, skilled and unskilled labourers, craftsmen and technicians. 2408 2842. Important Words: (make unrecognizable) is the