The Holy Quran 27:22 — Surah An-Naml

Arabic text

فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ وَجِئْتُكَ مِن سَبَإٍۭ بِنَبَإٍ يَقِينٍ

Translation

It was only a short while thereafter when Hudhud (arrived and, presenting his reason for being away, he) said, "I have (some special) knowledge of something about which you have no knowledge. I have just returned from Saba (Sheba, a place in Yemen) with confirmed (true/accurate) news."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

News of the people of Saba: detailed information about this country had not reached Sulayman ﵇; now it did. “Saba is the name of a people; their homeland was in Arabia, in the direction of Yemen” (Mudih al-Quran). It is as if, through the hoopoe, Almighty Allah made it known that the knowledge even of great men cannot encompass everything.

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