Surah An-Naml
Chapter 27 · Verse 22 · Revealed in Makkah
“But the hoopoe stayed not long and said, "I have encompassed [in knowledge] that which you have not encompassed, and I have come to you from Sheba with certain news.”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
How the Hoopoe came before Sulayman and told Him about Saba'
Allah says:
فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ (I have discovered what you did not - 27:22). That is, the hoopoe. said while offering its excuse that it knew something which he did not know. What it meant was that it had brought information, which he (Sulaiman علیہ السلام) did not know before.
The prophets do not have the knowledge of the unknown
What does this verse bring up for you today?