The Ant
27. An-Naml
النمل

al-Naml (The Ants)

ٱلنَّمْل

27:44
27:44

qīla lahā dkhulī ṣ-ṣarḥa fa-lammā raʾathu ḥasibathu lujjatan wa-kashafat ʿan sāqayhā qāla ʾinnahū ṣarḥun mumarradun min qawārīra qālat rabbi ʾinnī ẓalamtu nafsī wa-ʾaslamtu maʿa sulaymāna li-llāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

It was said to her, ‘Enter the palace.’ So when she saw it, she supposed it to be a pool of water, and she bared her shanks. He said, ‘It is a palace paved with crystal.’ She said, ‘My Lord! Indeed I have wronged myself, and I submit with Solomon to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.’

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