P: But he was not long in coming, and he said: I have found out (a thing) that thou apprehendest not, and I come unto thee from Sheba with sure tidings.
S: And he tarried not long, then said: I comprehend that which you do not comprehend and I have brought to you a sure information from Sheba.
027.023 Y: "I found (there) a woman ruling over them and provided with every requisite; and she has a magnificent throne."
P: Lo! I found a woman ruling over them, and she hath been given (abundance) of all things, and hers is a mighty throne.
S: Surely I found a woman ruling over them, and she has been given abundance and she has a mighty throne:
027.024 Y: "I found her and her people worshipping the sun besides Allah: Satan has made their deeds seem pleasing in their eyes, and has kept them away from the Path,- so they receive no guidance,"-
P: I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah; and Satan maketh their works fairseeming unto them, and debarreth them from the way (of Truth), so that they go not aright;
S: I found her and her people adoring the sun instead of Allah, and the Shaitan has made their deeds fair-seeming to them and thus turned them from the way, so they do not go aright;
027.025
Y: "(Kept them away from the Path), that they should not worship Allah,
Who brings to light what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and
knows what ye hide and what ye reveal."
P: So that they worship not Allah, Who bringeth forth the hidden in the heavens and the earth, and knoweth what ye hide and what ye proclaim,