The Ant
27. An-Naml
النمل
al-Naml (The Ants)
ٱلنَّمْل
27:49
قَالُوا
تَقَاسَمُوا
بِاللَّهِ
لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُ
وَأَهْلَهُ
ثُمَّ
لَنَقُولَنَّ
لِوَلِيِّهِ
مَا
شَهِدْنَا
مَهْلِكَ
أَهْلِهِ
وَإِنَّا
لَصَادِقُونَ
qālū taqāsamū bi-llāhi la-nubayyitannahū wa-ʾahlahū thumma la-naqūlanna li-waliyyihī mā shahidnā mahlika ʾahlihī wa-ʾinnā la-ṣādiqūna
They said, "Let us swear by God to do away with him and his family during the night then tell his guardian that we did not see how he and his family had been destroyed, and we shall be telling the truth."
