The Ants (Chapter Twenty Seven) (feat. English Quran)

Chapter 27 The Ants In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful Ta-Sin These are the verses of the Qur'an a book that makes things clear a guide to the right path And glad tidings for the believers who believe in the oneness of Allah Those who perform prayers and give charity and who believe with certainty in the Hereafter Indeed those who do not believe in the Hereafter we have made their deeds fair-seeming to them So they wander about blindly They are those for whom there will be an evil torment in this world And in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers And indeed you O Muhammad are receiving the Qur'an from the One All-Wise All-Knowing Remember when Moses said to his household Indeed I have seen a fire I will bring you from there some information Or I will bring you a burning brand so that you may warm yourselves But when he came to it he was called Blessed is whoever is in the fire and whoever is around it And glorified be Allah the Lord of mankind jinn and all that exists O Moses indeed it is I Allah the Almighty the All-Wise Throw down your stick But when he saw it moving as if it were a snake He turned in flight and did not look back It was said O Moses fear not Indeed the messengers do not fear when in front of me Except him who has done wrong and afterwards has changed evil for good Then surely I am oft-forgiving most merciful And put your hand onto your chest it will come forth white without hurt These are among the nine signs you will take to Pharaoh and his people They are a people who are the rebellious and disobedient to Allah But when our proofs signs and revelations came to them clear to see They said This is a manifest magic And they denied those proofs and signs wrongfully and arrogantly Though they were convinced So see what was the end of the disbelievers the disobedient to Allah Evildoers and liars And indeed we gave knowledge to David and Solomon and they both said All praises and thanks be to Allah who has preferred us above many of his believing slaves And Solomon inherited the knowledge of David He said O mankind we have been taught the language of birds And on us have been bestowed all things This indeed is an evident grace from Allah And there were gathered before Solomon his hosts of jinn men and birds And they were all set in battle order marching forwards Till when they came to the valley of the ants one of the ants said O ants enter your dwellings lest Solomon and his hosts crush you While they do not perceive it So Solomon smiled amused at her speech and said My lord inspire and bestow upon me the power and ability That I may be grateful for your favors which you have bestowed on me and my parents And that I may do righteous good deeds that will please you And admit me by your mercy among your righteous slaves He inspected the birds and said What is the matter that I see not the hoopoe or is he amongst the absentees I will surely punish him with a severe torment or slaughter him Unless he brings me a clear reason But the hoopoe stayed not long He came up and said I have grasped the knowledge of a thing which you have not grasped And I have come to you from Sheba with true news I have found a woman ruling over them And she has been given all things that could be possessed by any ruler of the earth And she has a great throne I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah And Satan has made their deeds fair-seeming to them And has barred them from Allah's way So they have no guidance Satan has barred them from Allah's way So that they do not worship Allah Allah none has the right to be worshipped but He The Lord of the supreme throne Solomon said Solomon said We shall see whether you speak the truth Or whether you are of the liars Go with this letter of mine and deliver it to them Then draw back from them And see what answer they return She said O chiefs indeed here is delivered to me a noble letter Indeed it is from Solomon And indeed it reads In the name of Allah the most gracious the most merciful Do not be arrogant but come to me as Muslims True believers Who submit to Allah with full submission She said O chiefs advise me in this case of mine I decide no case till you are present with me They said We have great strength and great ability for war But it is for you to command So think over what you will command She said Indeed when kings invade a country They deface it And make the most honourable amongst its people low And this is what they do But indeed I am going to send him a present And see with what answer the messengers return So when the messengers with the present came to Solomon He said Will you help me in wealth What Allah has given me is better than that which he has given you No you rejoice in your gift Then Solomon said to the chief of her messengers Who brought the present Go back to them We indeed shall come to them with hosts that they cannot resist And we shall drive them out from there in disgrace And they will be humbled He said O chiefs Which of you can bring me her throne Before they come to me surrendering themselves in obedience One from among the jinn said I will bring it to you before you even stand and rise from your place And indeed I am strong and trustworthy for such work One with knowledge of the scripture said I will bring it to you within the blink of an eye Then when Solomon saw it placed before him He said This is by the grace of my Lord to test me Whether I am grateful or ungrateful And whoever is grateful Truly his gratitude is for the good of himself And whoever is ungrateful He is ungrateful only to the loss of himself Certainly my Lord is rich Free of all wants Bountiful He said Disguise her throne for her That we may see whether she will be able to recognize her throne Or she be one of those not guided So when she came It was said to her Is your throne like this She said It is as though it were the very same And Solomon said Knowledge was bestowed on us before her and we were of those who submitted to Allah And that which she used to worship beside Allah Has prevented her from Islam For she was of a disbelieving people It was said to her Enter that great palace But when she approached it She thought there was a pool of water And she tucked up her dress Exposing her legs Solomon said It is a palace paved smooth with crystal She said My Lord indeed I have wronged myself And I submit in Islam together with Solomon to Allah The Lord of mankind jinn and all that exists And indeed we sent to Thamud their brother Sali saying Worship Allah alone and no one else Then look They became two parties Believers and disbelievers Quarreling with each other He said O my people why do you seek to hasten the evil before the good of Allah's mercy Why do you not seek the forgiveness of Allah That you may receive mercy They said We suspect an ill omen from you and those with you He said Your ill omen is by Allah No But you are a people that are being tested And there were in the city nine men From the sons of their chiefs Who made mischief in the land and would not reform They said Swear to one another by Allah That we shall make a secret night attack on him and his household And afterwards we will surely say to his near relatives We did not witness the destruction of his household And indeed we are telling the truth So they schemed a plot And we planned too While they did not perceive it Then see how their plot ended We destroyed them and their nation All together These are their houses in utter ruin For they did wrong Indeed And this is a lesson for people who know And we saved those who believed And who used to fear Allah And keep their duty to Him And remember Lot When he said to his people Do you commit evil while you see one another doing evil Do you approach men in your lusts rather than women No But you are a people who behave senselessly There was no other answer given by his people Except that they sa