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An-Naml 18

Ayah 18 of 93 · Meccan

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ وَادِ ٱلنَّمۡلِ قَالَتۡ نَمۡلَةٞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّمۡلُ ٱدۡخُلُواْ مَسَٰكِنَكُمۡ لَا يَحۡطِمَنَّكُمۡ سُلَيۡمَٰنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ١٨

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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. حَتَّىٰٓUntilḥattā
  2. إِذَآwhenidhā
  3. أَتَوۡاْthey cameataw
  4. عَلَىٰtoʿalā
  5. وَادِ(the) valleywādi
  6. ٱلنَّمۡلِ(of) the antsl-namli
  7. قَالَتۡsaidqālat
  8. نَمۡلَةٞan antnamlatun
  9. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhā
  10. ٱلنَّمۡلُantsl-namlu
  11. ٱدۡخُلُواْEnterud'khulū
  12. مَسَٰكِنَكُمۡyour dwellingsmasākinakum
  13. لَاlest not crush youlā
  14. يَحۡطِمَنَّكُمۡlest not crush youyaḥṭimannakum
  15. سُلَيۡمَٰنُSulaimansulaymānu
  16. وَجُنُودُهُۥand his hostswajunūduhu
  17. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  18. لَا(do) not perceivelā
  19. يَشۡعُرُونَ(do) not perceiveyashʿurūna

Tafsir

They were being led until when they came to the valley of ants (a place in the Levant), one of the ants said: “O ants, enter your homes so that Solomon and his armies do not destroy you whilst they do not know of you, because if they know of you they will not trample you”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran