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Surah An-Naml, Ayah 18 (27:18)

ٱلنَّمْل

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ وَادِ ٱلنَّمْلِ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّمْلُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ …

Quran 27:18 is ayah 18 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 378 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:18
حَتَّىٰٓإِذَآأَتَوْا۟عَلَىٰوَادِٱلنَّمْلِقَالَتْنَمْلَةٌيَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّمْلُٱدْخُلُوا۟مَسَٰكِنَكُمْلَايَحْطِمَنَّكُمْسُلَيْمَٰنُوَجُنُودُهُۥوَهُمْلَايَشْعُرُونَ١٨
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."(18)

Word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
  2. إِذَآidhāwhen
  3. أَتَوْا۟atawthey came
  4. عَلَىٰʿalāto
  5. وَادِwādi(the) valley
  6. ٱلنَّمْلِl-namli(of) the ants
  7. قَالَتْqālatsaid
  8. نَمْلَةٌnamlatunan ant
  9. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
  10. ٱلنَّمْلُl-namluants
  11. ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
  12. مَسَٰكِنَكُمْmasākinakumyour dwellings
  13. لَاlālest not crush you
  14. يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْyaḥṭimannakumlest not crush you
  15. سُلَيْمَٰنُsulaymānuSulaiman
  16. وَجُنُودُهُۥwajunūduhuand his hosts
  17. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  18. لَاlā(do) not perceive
  19. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna(do) not perceive

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