Surat An-Naml Verse No. 32: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 32 from Surah An-Naml : Number of verses 93 - - page 379 - Part 19.
﴾قَالَتۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ أَفۡتُونِي فِيٓ أَمۡرِي مَا كُنتُ قَاطِعَةً أَمۡرًا حَتَّىٰ تَشۡهَدُونِ ﴿
[ النمل: 32]
She said: "O chiefs! Advise me in (this) case of mine. I decide no case till you are present with me."
English - Sahih International
She said, "O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you witness [for] me."
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(27:32) (Having read out the letter) the queen said, "O chiefs, counsel me in this matter; I do not take a decision in any matter without (consulting) you." *38
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*38) The words used in the Text are: hatta tash-hu-dun (unless you are present, or unless you bear witness). That is: "1 regard your presence necessary when 1 take a decision in important matters, and also that whatever decision I take you should be there to testify that it is right and correct." This shows that though the system of government among Saba' was kingship, it was not tyrannical; but the ruler of the time decided matters in consultation with the important people in the government.