Surah An-Naml, ayah 18
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ وَادِ ٱلنَّمْلِ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّمْلُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مَسَـٰكِنَكُمْ لَا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمَـٰنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
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."
An-Naml · 27:18
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
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