سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 31
أَلَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَىَّ وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ ﴿31﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Be you not exalted against me, but come to me as Muslims (true believers who submit to Allâh with full submission).’ "
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَلَّا
allā
That not
تَعْلُوا۟
taʿlū
exalt yourselves
عَلَىَّ
ʿalayya
against me
وَأْتُونِى
watūnī
but come to me
مُسْلِمِينَ
mus'limīna
(in) submission
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
31-1. Just as the Prophet ﷺ also sent letters to kings, in which they were invited to accept Islam, similarly, Sulayman (عليه السلام) also invited her to accept Islam through a letter. Nowadays, the name of the addressee is written first in a letter, but the way of the Salaf was the same as that which Sulayman (عليه السلام) adopted, that he wrote his own name first.
