The Ant, The Ants 27:42

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Arabic English Morphology
فَلَمَّا falammā
So when Noun
she came V
قِيلَ qīla
it was said V
Is like this Noun
عَرْشُكِ ʿarshuki
your throne Noun
She said V
It is like Prep
هُوَ huwa
it Noun
And we were given V
ٱلْعِلْمَ l-ʿil'ma
the knowledge Noun
مِن min
before her Prep
before her Noun
وَكُنَّا wakunnā
and we have been V
Muslims Noun

When she arrived, she was asked, ‘Is this your throne?’ She replied, ‘It looks like it.’ [Solomon said], ‘We were given knowledge before her, and we devoted ourselves to God

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَتۡ قِیلَ أَهَـٰكَذَا عَرۡشُكِۖ قَالَتۡ كَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَۚ وَأُوتِینَا ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مِن قَبۡلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسۡلِمِینَ ۝٤٢

falammā jāat qīla ahākadhā ʿarshuki qālat ka-annahu huwa waūtīnā l-ʿil'ma min qablihā wakunnā mus'limīn