Transliteration:( Falammaa jaaa'at qeela ahaakaza 'arshuki qaalat ka'annahoo hoo; wa ooteenal 'ilma min qablihaa wa kunnaa muslimeen )
83. The thing is the same, but there is a difference in color and paint. For this reason, the words 'as it is has been used. You could also say it is the same, also it could not be that. She had spoken in brevity but comprehensively. Allah be pleased!
84. This means we have received prior information about your prophethood and we had set out reciting your Kalima in our hearts. I reiterate that I am your obedient follower and the believing servant of your Lord.
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The tafsir of Surah Naml verse 42 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Naml ayat 41 which provides the complete commentary from verse 42 through 44.
(27:42) When the Queen arrived, she was asked: “Is your throne like this one?” She said: “It seems as if it is the same.[52] We had already come to know this and we had submitted ourselves.”[53]
52. This also refutes the speculations of those people who depict the event in a manner as though the Prophet Solomon (peace be upon him) wanted to have a throne made for the queen and for this purpose he invited tenders and a strong robust artisan offered to make him a throne in the matter of a few hours, but an expert craftsman submitted that he could make and produce it in no time. This whole guess-work is destroyed by the tact that Solomon (peace be upon him) himself ordered the throne to be fetched before him (Surah An-Naml, Ayat 38), and when it had been fetched, ordered his servants to set it before the queen casually (Surah An-Naml, Ayat 41), and then when she arrived, she was asked whether her throne was like that (Surah An-Naml, Ayat 42), and she answered, “(It is) as though it were the very one.” Obviously, there could he no room for the absurd interpretations in the face of such a clear statement of facts. If there is still any doubt left, it can be satisfied by the next sentence.
53. That is, “Even before we saw this miracle, we had been convinced by what we had heard of Solomon (peace be upon him) that he was a Prophet of Allah, and not merely a ruler of a kingdom.” After seeing the throne and saying, “(It is) as though it were the very one”, what could be the relevance of adding this sentence if it is supposed that the Prophet Solomon (peace be upon him) had gotten a throne manufactured and set the same before her? Even if it is assumed that no effort was spared to have a throne manufactured closely resembling that of queen’s throne, what could have made a sun-worshiping queen exclaim “We had already known this and we had become Muslims!”
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