An-Naml (The Ants)
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In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Compassionate.
(27:1) "Ta. Sin." Here are the ideas of the Quran, and the basic transcription,
(27:2) A guide and good news to those who acknowledge.
(27:3) Those who hold the contact prayer, and contribute towards betterment, and regarding the Hereafter they are certain.
(27:4) As for those who do not acknowledge the Hereafter, We have made their work appear pleasing to them, so they walk around blind.
(27:5) They will have the worst retribution, and in the Hereafter they are the biggest losers.
(27:6) In fact, you are loaded with the Quran, from the Most ("source") of truth, of knowledge.
(27:7) Moses said to his family: "I have seen a fire, I will bring you from there some news or I will bring you a burning piece so that you may be warmed."
(27:8) So when he came to it he was called: "Blessed is the One at the fire and whoever is around it, and glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds."
(27:9) "O Moses! It is I am Allah, the Noble, the acuminate."
(27:10) "Throw down your staff." So when he saw it vibrated as if it were a snake, he ran away and would not turn back. "O Moses, do not fear, for My messengers shall have no fear from Me."
(27:11) "Except one who transgresses. But then if he replaces the evil deed with good, then I am Forgiving, Compassionate."
(27:12) "Place your hand into your pocket; it will come out white with no blemish, one of nine ideas to Pharaoh and his people."
(27:13) So when Our ideas came to them for all to see, they said, "This is clearly magic!"
(27:14) They rejected them; they justified transgression and arrogance for themselves. So see how it ended for the wicked.
(27:15) And because We certainly gave David and Solomon - knowledge, and they said, "Praise Allah, who preferred us to many of His faithful obedients.
(27:16) Solomon inherited from David, and he said, "O people, we have been taught how to understand the speech of creatures that fly, and we have been given from everything. This is indeed an evident grace."
(27:17) Solomon's soldiers were gathered, comprising of humans and genius and birds, for they were to be spread out.
(27:18) Until they came to a valley of ants, a female ant said, "O ants, enter your homes else you will be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they do not notice."
(27:19) There he smiled, laughing at her words, and said: "Lord! Expand my (opportunities) to (express) sincerity for Your mercy with which You have favored me and my parents, and (the opportunity to perform) righteous deeds with which You (remain) satisfied. And bring me, by Your mercy, into (the number of) Your righteous obedients."
(27:20) He inspected the birds, then said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe, or is he among those absent?"
(27:21) "I will punish him severely, or I will kill him, else he should have a clear excuse."
(27:22) But the hoopoe did not stay away long, then he said, "I have seen what you do not know, and I have come to you from Sheba with news which is certain."
(27:23) "I found them ruled by a woman, and she was given all possession, and she had a great throne."
(27:24) "I found her and her people prostrating to Shamash instead of Allah! The devil had made their work appear good to them, so he kept them away from the path, for they are not being guided."
(27:25) "Will they not prostrate to Allah who brings out what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and He knows what you hide and what you declare?"
(27:26) "Allah, there is no Allah but He, the Lord of the great throne."
(27:27) He said, "We will see if you are being truthful or are one of those who lie."
(27:28) "Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them, then withdraw from them and observe what they respond with."
(27:29) She said, "O commanders, a noble letter has been delivered to me."
(27:30) "It is from Solomon, and it reads: In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Compassionate"
(27:31) ""Do not be arrogant toward me and come to me peacefully surrendering""
(27:32) She said, "O commanders, advise me in this matter of mine, for I will not take a decision until you give testimony."
(27:33) They said, "We are people of strength and mighty in power. But the decision is yours, so see what you will command."
(27:34) She said, "When the kings enter a town they destroy it and make its most noble people humiliated. It is such that they do."
(27:35) "I will send to them a gift, then I will see with what the messengers will return."
(27:36) So when they came to Solomon he said, "Are you providing me with wealth? What Allah has provided for me is far better than what He has given you. Now you are happy with your gift!"
(27:37) "Return to them. For we shall come to them with soldiers the like of which they have never seen, and we will drive them out humiliated, while they are feeble."
(27:38) He said, "O commanders, which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me peacefully surrendering?"
(27:39) A creative one from among geniuses said, "I will bring it to you before you rise from your station. For I am strong and trustworthy."
(27:40) One who had knowledge from the book said, "I will bring it to you before you blink." So when he saw it resting before him, he said, "This is from the grace of my Lord, so that He tests me whether I am sincere or whether I reject. As for he who is sincere, he is sincere for himself, and as for he who rejects, then my Lord is Rich, Bountiful."
(27:41) He said, "Disguise her throne so we may see if she will be guided or if she will be of those who are not guided."
(27:42) So when she came, it was said, "Is your throne like this?" She said, "It appears to be similar." We were given knowledge before her, and we had peacefully surrendered.
(27:43) She was hindered by what she obey besides Allah, for she belonged to a denying people.
(27:44) It was said to her: "Enter the palace." So when she saw it she thought there was a pool, and she uncovered her legs. He said, "It is a palace paved with crystal." She said, "My Lord, I have wronged myself; and I peacefully surrender with Solomon to Allah, the Lord of the worlds."
(27:45) But We certainly sent their brother, Salih, to the Samhudites to obey Allah. And when they were divided in a dispute in two,
(27:46) He said, "My people, why do you hasten with evil ahead of good? If you would only seek Allah's forgiveness, perhaps you will receive mercy."
(27:47) They said, "You have an ill omen with you and those with you." He said, "Your ill omen is with Allah, but you are a people that are being tested."
(27:48) In the city were nine thugs who were causing corruption in the land, and they were not reforming.
(27:49) They said, "Swear by Allah to one another that we will attack him and his family at night, and we will then say to his supporters: 'We did not witness who murdered his family, and we are being truthful.'"
(27:50) They plotted a scheme and We plotted a scheme, while they did not notice.
(27:51) See what was the result of their intrigue! For We destroyed them, and their people - (all) together.
(27:52) So these are their homes, ruined, for what they transgressed. In that is an idea for a people who know.
(27:53) We saved those who acknowledged and were righteous.
(27:54) And Lot, when he said to his people: "Are you committing lewdness while you can clearly see?"
(27:55) "You are approaching the men out of lust instead of the women! No, you are an ignorant people!"
(27:56) But the reply of his people was that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your town, for they are a people who are being pure!"
(27:57) So We saved him and his family, except for his wife, for We found her to be of those who will remain.
(27:58) We rained down a rain upon them. Miserable was the rain of those warned.
(27:59) Say, "Praise Allah, and peace to His chosen obedients! Is Allah better or those whom you (associate with Him) in concubines?"
(27:60) The One who created the heavens and the earth, and He sent down water from the sky for you, so We cause gardens to grow with it that are full of beauty. It is not your ability to cause the growth of its trees. Is there a Allah with Allah? No. But they are a people who ascribe equals!
(27:61) The One who made the earth a habitat, and He made in it rivers and He made for it stabilizers, and He made between the Two seas a barrier. Is there a Allah with Allah? No. But most of them do not know.
(27:62) The One who answers the distressed when he calls Him, and He removes the evil, and He makes you successors on earth. Is there a Allah with Allah? Little do you remember!
(27:63) The One who guides you in the darkness of the land and the sea, and He sends the winds to spread between the hands of His mercy. Is there a Allah with Allah? Allah be exalted above what they set up!
(27:64) The One who initiates the creation then He returns it, and He provides for you from the sky and the land. Is there a Allah with Allah? Say, "Bring your proof if you are being truthful."
(27:65) Say, "None in the heavens or the earth know the unseen except Allah. They do not perceive when they will be resurrected."
(27:66) No, they have no knowledge of the Hereafter. No, they are in doubt regarding it. No, they are blind to it.
(27:67) Those who rejected said, "When we have become dust, as our fathers, shall we be brought out?"
(27:68) "We have been promised this, both us and our fathers before. This is nothing but the ancient miths!"
(27:69) Say, "Roam the earth and see what the end of the criminals was."
(27:70) Do not be saddened for them, and do not be distraught for what they plot.
(27:71) They say, "When is this promise if you are truthful?"
(27:72) Say, "You may already be being followed by some of what you hasten."
(27:73) Your Lord has made favors for people, but most of them are not sincere.
(27:74) Your Lord knows what is concealed in their chests and what they reveal.
(27:75) There is not a thing hidden in the heavens or the earth, but is in a clear record.
(27:76) In fact, this Quran fulfills for the Children of Israel much (of) what they disagree about.
(27:77) It is a guidance and mercy for those who acknowledge.
(27:78) Your Lord decides between them by His judgment. He is the Noble, the Knowledgeable.
(27:79) So put your trust in Allah, for you are clearly on the truth.
(27:80) You cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs and flee.
(27:81) Nor can you guide the blind from their misguidance. You can only make those who acknowledge Our ideas hear you, for they have peacefully surrendered.
(27:82) When the punishment has been deserved by them, We will bring out for them a creature made of earthly material, it will speak to them that the people have been unaware regarding Our ideas.
(27:83) The day We gather from every denomination a party that denied Our ideas, then they will be driven.
(27:84) Until they have come, He will say, "Have you defamed My ideas while you had no explicit knowledge of them? What were you doing?"
(27:85) The punishment was deserved by them for what they transgressed, for they did not speak.
(27:86) Did they not see that We made the night for them to rest in, and the day to see in? In that are ideas for a people who have faith.
(27:87) On the day when the horn is blown, then those in the heavens and the earth will be in terror except for whom Allah wills. All shall come to Him humbled.
(27:88) You see the mountains, you think they are solid, while they are passing by like the clouds. The making of Allah who perfected everything. He is Ever-aware of what you do.
(27:89) Whoever comes with a good deed will receive better than it, and from the terror of that day they will be safe.
(27:90) Whoever comes with the bad deed, their faces will be cast in hell. Are you not being rewarded for what you used to do?
(27:91) "I am commanded only to obey the Lord of this city, which He (proclaimed) to be harmonious. And He (owns) every thing, but I am commanded to be (one of) the submissive.
(27:92) and that I should read the Quran. Who ( followed) the right guidance, those (accepted) the guidance (for the benefit of) themselves. And to him who has gone astray, say: "I am one of those who warns."
(27:93) Say, «Praise - to Allah! He will make you see His ideas, and you will recognize it. Your Lord is not unaware of what you do.»
