The Ant
27. An-Naml
النمل

al-Naml (The Ants)

ٱلنَّمْل

27:40
27:40

qāla lladhī ʿindahū ʿilmun mina l-kitābi ʾana ʾātīka bihī qabla ʾan yartadda ʾilayka ṭarfuka fa-lammā raʾāhu mustaqirran ʿindahū qāla hādhā min faḍli rabbī li-yabluwanī ʾa-ʾashkuru ʾam ʾakfuru wa-man shakara fa-ʾinnamā yashkuru li-nafsihī wa-man kafara fa-ʾinna rabbī ghaniyyun karīmun

The one who had knowledge of the Book said, ‘I will bring it to you in the twinkling of an eye.’ So when he saw it set near him, he said, ‘This is by the grace of my Lord, to test me if I will give thanks or be ungrateful. Whoever gives thanks, gives thanks only for his own sake. And whoever is ungrateful [should know that] my Lord is indeed all-sufficient, all-generous.’

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