Surah An-Naml Ayah 18

An-Naml · Ayah 18 · Juz 19 · Page 378

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

Ḥattā idhā ataw ʿalā wādin-namli qālat namlatuy yāʾayyuhan-namludkhulū masākinakum lā yaḥṭimannakum sulaymānu wa junūduhū wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

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: Sahih International

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Word by word19 words

  • حَتَّىٰٓUntil
  • إِذَآwhen
  • أَتَوۡاْthey came
  • عَلَىٰto
  • وَادِ(the) valley
  • ٱلنَّمۡلِ(of) the ants
  • قَالَتۡsaid
  • نَمۡلَةٞan ant
  • يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO
  • ٱلنَّمۡلُants
  • ٱدۡخُلُواْEnter
  • مَسَٰكِنَكُمۡyour dwellings
  • لَاlest not crush you
  • يَحۡطِمَنَّكُمۡlest not crush you
  • سُلَيۡمَٰنُSulaiman
  • وَجُنُودُهُۥand his hosts
  • وَهُمۡwhile they
  • لَا(do) not perceive
  • يَشۡعُرُونَ(do) not perceive

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The Ants · Meccan · 93 ayahs

Juz
19
Page
378
Hizb
38