The Holy Quran 27:43 — Surah An-Naml

Arabic text

وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَـٰفِرِينَ

Translation

(The above proved that she was an intelligent woman, but) What she worshipped instead of Allaah (her involvement in worshipping the sun) had prevented her (from worshipping Allaah). She (had grown accustomed to worshipping the sun because she) was from a nation of Kaafiroon (and had not received the message of Towheed earlier).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, Almighty Allah, or Sulayman ﵇ by the command of Almighty Allah, held Queen Bilqis back from the worship of the sun and the like, in which she was involved together with her people. Or the meaning is: the reason she did not openly declare Islam until she came before Sulayman ﵇ is that the notion of false deities and her following and companionship…

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