Quran 27:18 — An-Naml, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and when they came to the Valley of the Ants, one ant said, ‘Ants! Go into your homes, in case Solomon and his hosts unwittingly crush you.’
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَتَوْا عَلَىٰ وَادِ النَّمْلِ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّمْلُ ادْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَكُمْ لَا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمَانُ وَجُنُودُهُ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
ḥattā idhā ataw ʿalā wādi l-namli qālat namlatun yāayyuhā l-namlu ud'khulū masākinakum lā yaḥṭimannakum sulaymānu wajunūduhu wahum lā yashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- till, when they came on the Valley of Ants, an ant said, 'Ants, enter your dwelling-places, lest Solomon and his hosts crush you, being unaware!'
- Muhammad Asad
- till, when they came upon a valley [full] of ants, an ant exclaimed: “O you ants! Get into your dwellings, lest Solomon and his hosts crush you without [even] being aware [of you]!”
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | Until | — |
| 2 | إِذَآidhā | when | — |
| 3 | أَتَوْا۟ataw | they came | أتي |
| 4 | عَلَىٰʿalā | to | — |
| 5 | وَادِwādi | (the) valley | ودي |
| 6 | ٱلنَّمْلِl-namli | (of) the ants | نمل |
| 7 | قَالَتْqālat | said | قول |
| 8 | نَمْلَةٌۭnamlatun | an ant | نمل |
| 9 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O | — |
| 10 | ٱلنَّمْلُl-namlu | ants | نمل |
| 11 | ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulū | Enter | دخل |
| 12 | مَسَـٰكِنَكُمْmasākinakum | your dwellings | سكن |
| 13 | لَاlā | lest not crush you | — |
| 14 | يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْyaḥṭimannakum | lest not crush you | حطم |
| 15 | سُلَيْمَـٰنُsulaymānu | Sulaiman | — |
| 16 | وَجُنُودُهُۥwajunūduhu | and his hosts | جند |
| 17 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 18 | لَاlā | (do) not perceive | — |
| 19 | يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna | (do) not perceive | شعر |