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The legend may also be based on the Book of Proverbs, which rabbinic Judaism traditionally ascribes to Solomon, [4] mentioning ants as exemplars of morality. [5] Of all the legends about Solomon's dominion over all creatures, the valley of the ants is the best known one among Jews.
Several parables or pieces of narrative appear in the Quran, often with similar motifs to Jewish and Christian traditions which may predate those in the Quran. [1]Some included legends are the story of Cain and Abel (sura al-Ma'idah, of Abraham destroying idols (sura al-Anbiya 57), of Solomon's conversation with an ant (sura an-Naml), the story of the Seven Sleepers, and several stories about ...
An-Naml [1] (Arabic: النمل, romanized: ’an-naml, lit. 'The Ant [2] [3] ') is the 27th chapter of the Qur'an with 93 verses (). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is traditionally believed to be a Meccan surah, from the second Meccan period (615-619).
The Quran recounts that, one day, Solomon and his army entered a wādin-naml (وَادِ ٱلْنَّمْل, valley of the ant). On seeing Solomon and his army, a namlah ( نَمْلَة , female ant) warned all the others to "get into your habitations, lest Solomon and his hosts crush you (under foot) without knowing it."
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... List of legends in the Quran; N. Valley of the ants; S. Seven Sleepers This page ...
The Opening, the Opening of the Divine Writ, The Essence of the Divine Writ, The Surah of Praise, The Foundation of the Qur'an, and The Seven Oft-Repeated [Verses] [6] 7 (1) Makkah: 5: 48: Whole Surah [6] The fundamental principles of the Qur'an in a condensed form. [6] It reads: “(1) In the name of God (Allah), the Compassionate and Merciful ...
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Particularly in example given of the valley of the ants, a direct comparison is made between the text of the Quran and of Beth ha-Midrasch by Adolf Jellinek (simply referred to as "Jellinek"). The text was written between 1853 and 1878, about 1200 years after the Quran.