Quand ils arrivèrent à la Vallée des Fourmis, une fourmi dit : "Ô fourmis ! Entrez dans vos demeures, [de peur] que Salomon et ses armées ne vous écrasent [sous leurs pieds] sans s’en rendre compte !"
Surah An- Naml ( The Ants ) . Whenever I read An- Naml , I always get struck by the very beginning of the surah . The name itself An- Naml caught my attention. What's the wisdom behind naming a surah after Ants? Why would Allah Tallah mention Ants ? These questions often came to my mind .Until today I paused for 5 minutes and started reflecting on it . But before sharing my reflection, I want to mention something important. My Qur'an teacher ...
il y a 2 ans · Référencement Ayah 16:68-69, 27:18, 27:20-22
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I repeatedly asked God about my purpose in life.
I pleaded, cried, and begged for an answer, desperately wanting to know why I am here and what I am meant to do.
My heart ached for a sign or revelation to guide me.
In my search for answers, I came across the stories of the ants, bees, and the hoopoe in the Quran. These stories opened my eyes to a profound truth: no purpose is insignificant.
In Surah Al-Naml, the story of the ants illustr...
Ants are very social and cooperative creatures. The level of care and altruism that each individual ant has for the good of the collective may even put humans to shame.
Not only do they try to alert and protect the colony against danger, as we see in Surah 27:18, but some ants (the worker ants) even perform a routinely and preemptive self-sacrifice (i.e. 'preemptive' because there is no detectable threat yet).
And when they came across a valley of ants, an ant warned, ‘O ants! Go quickly into your homes so Solomon and his armies do not crush you, unknowingly.'
This verse and specially this incident of ant in the Quran helped me in understanding some attributes of Allah SWT more. Although what I feel is deeper than what I am able to write here, I pray I make sense to everybody reading this. Ameen.
While watching the stories of animals related to Sulayman AS, the very thing that touched my heart is the linguistic style of the Qur'an. The speech of animals which is presented in this surah is remarkable and goes right to the heart. Personally, I can't describe my entire emotions and feelings like Qur'an describes the emotions and concerns of animals in the Qur'an. Also, while listening to the Surah along with translation, I tried to pause aft...
Why are ants so significant that Allah mentioned them in His book???
Ants are social insects. They have their own social behaviour that is so fascinating. They make and live in their home together without fighting (for power, food or equality), harming, blaming, belittling, being depressed or bored or addicted or ………
They are not just surviving but thriving in such an unfriendly world because of their unity and loyalty towar...
The verses of the Qur'an are a source of information for linguists. Allah (swt) reveals all the extraordinary information through some verses, some simple stories or conversations that seem very ordinary. For example, look at the following verse where Allah (swt) has given us a lot of information about ants through a single word of a female ant:
And when they reached the valley of the ants, an ant (female) said, 'O ants!...
Ants, an insignificant creature in our eyes, but Allah heard it and mentioned what it said in the Quran. This made me realize that if an ant was heard, then how can I even began to imagine that Allah hasn't heard me. The reality is that no one hears you like Allah does. He listens to the minute details of my issues. He just doesn't hear my concerns or problems but know 'every single turbulence of my heart'. He hears those feeling which I was not...