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Valley of the ants is a medieval Jewish legend about Solomon that is retold in the Jewish Encyclopedia [1] and in Quran 27:18-19. [2] Talmud
Both the Quran and the text Legends of the Jews feature the story of Solomon and the Valley of the Ants: On one occasion he strayed into the valley of the ants in the course of his wanderings. He heard one ant order all the others to withdraw, to avoid being crushed by the armies of Solomon. The king halted and summoned the ant that had spoken.
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."
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).
Parables in the Quran (4 P) Pages in category "Quranic narratives" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Valley of the ants; S. Seven Sleepers
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.
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Al-Fatiha, the first surah in the Quran. The Quran is divided into 114 surahs (chapters), and 6236 (excluding "Bismillah") or 6348 (including Bismillah") ayahs (verses). Chapters are arranged broadly in descending order of length. For a preliminary discussion about the chronological order of chapters, see Surah.