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The Ant
27. An-Naml
النمل

al-Naml (The Ants)

ٱلنَّمْل

27:48

وَكَانَ

فِي

الْمَدِينَةِ

تِسْعَةُ

رَهْطٍ

يُفْسِدُونَ

فِي

الْأَرْضِ

وَلَا

يُصْلِحُونَ

wa-kāna fī l-madīnati tisʿatu rahṭin yufsidūna fī l-ʾarḍi wa-lā yuṣliḥūna

There were nine tribes in the city spreading evil without any reform in the land.

— Muhammad Sarwar