Until, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, "O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not."
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{ حتى إذا أتوْا على وادِ النمل } هو بالطائف أو بالشام، نمله صغار أو كبار { قالت نملة } ملكة النمل وقد رأت جند سليمان { يا أيها النمل ادخلوا مساكنكم لا يحطمنكم } يكسرنكم { سليمان وجنوده وهم لا يشعرون } نزل النمل منزلة العقلاء في الخطاب بخطابهم .
{Until, when they came upon the Valley of the Ants}, which is in Taif or in the Levant, ants, young or old. {An ant said}, the queen of the ants, when she saw Solomon’s soldiers, {O ants, enter your dwellings, lest Solomon and his soldiers crush you while they perceive not.} The ants were treated as rational beings in the address given to them.
