Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:18

27:18

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

ḥattā idhā ataw ʿalā wādi l-namli qālat namlatun yāayyuhā l-namlu ud'khulū masākinakum lā yaḥṭimannakum sulaymānu wajunūduhu wahum lā yashʿurūna

Until, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, "O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not."

— Saheeh International

and when they came to the Valley of the Ants, one ant said, ‘Ants! Go into your homes, in case Solomon and his hosts unwittingly crush you.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Till, when they came to the valley of the ants, one of the ants said: "O ants! Enter your dwellings, lest Sulaimân (Solomon) and his hosts should crush you, while they perceive not."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
إِذَآidhāwhen
أَتَوْا۟atawthey came
عَلَىٰʿalāto
وَادِwādi(the) valley
ٱلنَّمْلِl-namli(of) the ants
قَالَتْqālatsaid
نَمْلَةٌۭnamlatunan ant
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّمْلُl-namluants
ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
مَسَـٰكِنَكُمْmasākinakumyour dwellings
لَاlālest not crush you
يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْyaḥṭimannakumlest not crush you
سُلَيْمَـٰنُsulaymānuSulaiman
وَجُنُودُهُۥwajunūduhuand his hosts
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
لَاlā(do) not perceive
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna(do) not perceive