Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:82

27:82

۞ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَآبَّةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ

wa-idhā waqaʿa l-qawlu ʿalayhim akhrajnā lahum dābbatan mina l-arḍi tukallimuhum anna l-nāsa kānū biāyātinā lā yūqinūna

And when the word [i.e., decree] befalls them, We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth speaking to them, [saying] that the people were, of Our verses, not certain [in faith].

— Saheeh International

When the verdict is given against them, We shall bring a creature out of the earth, which will tell them that people had no faith in Our revelations.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when the Word (of torment) is fulfilled against them, We shall bring out from the earth a beast for them, to speak to them because mankind believed not with certainty in Our Ayât (Verses of the Qur’ân and Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم).

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

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Word by Word

۞ وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
وَقَعَwaqaʿa(is) fulfilled
ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
أَخْرَجْنَاakhrajnāWe will bring forth
لَهُمْlahumfor them
دَآبَّةًۭdābbatana creature
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
تُكَلِّمُهُمْtukallimuhumspeaking to them
أَنَّannathat
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
كَانُوا۟kānūwere
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināof Our Signs
لَاlānot
يُوقِنُونَyūqinūnacertain