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Surat An-Naml (The Ant) - سورة النمل
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![27:24](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27_24.png)
Sahih International
I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah , and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided,![27:25](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27_25.png)
Sahih International
[And] so they do not prostrate to Allah , who brings forth what is hidden within the heavens and the earth and knows what you conceal and what you declare -![27:27](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27_27.png)
Sahih International
[Solomon] said, "We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars.![27:28](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27_28.png)
Sahih International
Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return."![27:29](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27_29.png)
Sahih International
She said, "O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter.![27:30](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27_30.png)
Sahih International
Indeed, it is from Solomon, and indeed, it reads: 'In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,![27:31](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27_31.png)
Sahih International
Be not haughty with me but come to me in submission [as Muslims].' "![27:32](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27_32.png)
Sahih International
She said, "O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you witness [for] me."![27:33](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27_33.png)
Sahih International
They said, "We are men of strength and of great military might, but the command is yours, so see what you will command."![27:34](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27_34.png)
Sahih International
She said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.![27:35](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27_35.png)
Sahih International
But indeed, I will send to them a gift and see with what [reply] the messengers will return."![](/images/boxBottomBR.gif)