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An-Naml (The Ant) · Ayah 18

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ وَادِ ٱلنَّمْلِ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّمْلُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مَسَـٰكِنَكُمْ لَا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمَـٰنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ 18

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."

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
إِذَآidhāwhen
noun
أَتَوْا۟atawthey came
عَلَىٰʿalāto
وَادِwādi(the) valley
ٱلنَّمْلِl-namli(of) the ants
قَالَتْqālatsaid
نَمْلَةٌۭnamlatunan ant
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّمْلُl-namluants
ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
مَسَـٰكِنَكُمْmasākinakumyour dwellings
لَاlest not crush you
يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْyaḥṭimannakumlest not crush you
سُلَيْمَـٰنُsulaymānuSulaiman
noun
وَجُنُودُهُۥwajunūduhuand his hosts
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
noun
لَا(do) not perceive
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna(do) not perceive
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