The Holy Quran 27:18 — Surah An-Naml

Arabic text

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ وَادِ ٱلنَّمْلِ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّمْلُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مَسَـٰكِنَكُمْ لَا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمَـٰنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Translation

(They marched) Until, when they reached a valley of ants, an ant announced, "O ants! Enter your dwellings so that Sulaymaan عليه الصلاة والسلام and his army (of men and Jinn) do not trample upon (crush) you without realising (that they are trampling on you because you are almost invisible to them and they do not have knowledge of the unseen)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Sulayman ﵇ passes by the settlement of ants: that is, Sulayman ﵇ with his vast host passed towards a plain where there was a very large settlement of ants. (Caution) The place where ants together build their home with special skill is called in Arabic “qaryat an-naml” (a settlement of ants). The mufassirun (commentators)

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