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Sulaiman (as) and the Ant
by Brother Yahya Adel Ibrahîm

Allah (swt) narrates to us in the Quran the story of Sulaiman and an ant. We must first understand that Sulaiman (as) was a prophet who had been given dominion that surpassed all other human beings – past and present.

‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin al-‘Aas (ra) reports that Rasool ul Allah said,

‘When Sulaiman (Solomon) son of Dawoud (David) (re-)built Baitul Maqdis he requested from Allah three things in intervals:

He asked Allah governorship with Justice that is in accordance with the Laws of Allah

He asked to possess dominion that cannot be attained/possessed by anyone after him

He asked, after having completed the (re-)building of the Masjid, that anyone who comes to it, seeking only to pray in it, that he departs from it (exits him) sinless as the day he was given birth to by his mother

(In another narration he said, ‘As for the (first) two requests, then he received them. I am hopeful that he was granted the third as well.’)


[Reported by an-Nasaa’i, Ahmed, Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban, Al-Haakim in al-Mustadrak, Al-Bayhaqi in ash-Shu‘ab and others]

One of the blessings extended to Sulaiman was his ability to converse with the natural living environment.

Allah (swt) says in Surat al-Naml 27:17-19)

“And there were gathered before Sulaimân (Solomon) his hosts of jinns and men, and birds, and they all were set in battle order (marching forwards).

Till, when they came to the valley of the ants, one of the ants said: "O ants! Enter your dwellings, lest Sulaimân (Solomon) and his hosts crush you, while they perceive not."

So he [Sulaimân (Solomon)] smiled, amused at her speech[] and said: "My Lord! Inspire and bestow upon me the power and ability that I may be grateful for Your Favours which You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do righteous good deeds that will please You, and admit me by Your Mercy among Your righteous slaves." Surat an-Naml (27: 17-19)

Shaykhul Islam Ibn al-Qayyim discusses in Miftaah Dar as-Sa‘aadah (Vol. 1, Pg. 243) the linguistic power of the ant’s speech.

He says:



The dialogue of the ant –“O ants! Enter your dwellings, lest Sulaimân (Solomon) and his hosts crush you, while they perceive not"– involves 10 different communicational tools. This single statement carried in its message the following 10 linguistic parameters:

• A Call and plea
• An indication
• Identification
• Mandating
• Stating
• Warning
• Specification
• Discerning and proving
• Generalizing
• Excusing

The simple and concise exhortation of the miniscule ant carried all that has been listed above. As a result, Sulaiman felt compelled to thank Allah for the Ni‘mah that Allah extended to him. So Sulaiman invoked Allah saying:

So he [Sulaimân (Solomon)] smiled, amused at her speech[] and said: "My Lord! Inspire and bestow upon me the power and ability that I may be grateful for Your Favours which You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do righteous good deeds that will please You, and admit me by Your Mercy among Your righteous slaves." Surat an-Naml (27: 19)

Here is the break down of the ant’s exhortation.


O [A Call And Plea]

ants! [Identification And Indication]

Enter [Mandating And Commanding]

your dwellings, [Stating What To Do]

lest Sulaimân (Solomon) [Specifying and Labeling]

and his hosts [Discerning And Proving]

crush you [Warning]

while they perceive not [Excusing].

Subhan Allah! An ant’s sentence contained all of that eloquence and precision. Let us ponder the words of Allah (swt):

“There is not a moving (living) creature on earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings, but are communities like you. We have neglected nothing in the Book, then unto their Lord they (all) shall be gathered.” Al-An‘aam 6:38

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nice. thanks for sharing

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Ants speak!

Another New Quranic Scientific Miracle


"Till, when they came to the valley of the ants, one of the ants said: 'O ants! enter Your dwellings, lest Sulaiman (prophet Solomon) and his hosts crush you, while they perceive not.' So He [Sulaiman (Solomon)] smiled, amused at her speech." (The Noble Quran; An-Naml: 18-19).

(Allah gifted prophet Sulaiman with the ability to hear and understand these sounds)

The Holy Quran is always in complete agreement with the scientific finidings. This proves that it reaaly revealed from Allah (God).

A report in the science magazine says" Advances in audio technology have enabled scientists to discover that ants routinely talk to each other in their nests.

The findings were reported in the journal Science Hills are alive with the sound of ants — talking to each other - Times Online


Professor Robert Hickling has spent many years in watching insects and recording the sound vibrations they release. Yet, the matter couldn't be asserted till he was able to record sounds coming from ants. Hisaim was to follow up ants in the field crops; they didn't find better method than following ants’ sounds.

However, what surprised that scientist is that the sounds frequencies that ants release vary from an ant to another and from ants' species to another. There are twelve thousand species in the world and the ants' number on the earth outnumbers human beings' number. Before these tremendous numbers, researchers stood confused for how they can deal with all these sounds.

Many different sounds of ants could be recorded successfully and these pieces of research was published in Journal of Sound and Vibration magazine in 2006 and it was the first time that man can hear a real sound of ants!

This researcher published a lot of research and the most important one is about the communication among ants under the title "The Analysis of acoustic communication by ants": in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America magazine.

These researchers showed that ants exceed us at acoustic communication. Scientists expect that ant uses antennas to send and receive acoustic vibrations. The ant amplifies the received signals like the advanced receiving devices Moreover, it removes sounds overlapping , so it makes filtration or clarification to the sound to distinguish it from another. This is a very developed communication system that was unknown to scientists and they only discovered it a few years ago. Yet the Holy Qur'an dealt with that matter and told us that ants speak.

Allah said what means: "Till, when they came to the valley of the ants, one of the ants said: 'O ants! enter Your dwellings, lest Sulaiman (prophet Solomon) and his hosts crush you, while they perceive not.' So He [Sulaiman (Solomon)] smiled, amused at her speech." (The Noble Quran; An-Naml: 18-19). . In this verse, there is a clear evidence that ants have a language to understand one another and Allah gifted prophet Sulaiman with the ability to hear and understand these sounds. The scientists attempt to grasp these acoustic signals that ants utter. Yet, they distinguished four different kinds of these sounds after very long years of watching.



Ants use special acoustic signals that release during anger; we find that an ant takes the task of warning, so it releases a call that its mate receives, understands, and responds immediately. Listen to the ant's voice while it was warning the other ants against a certain danger. (for listening , press here http://home.olemiss.edu/~hickling/alarm.mp3 )


Scientists assert that ants are like us, they perform their tasks efficiently. While working, ants speak to each other and talk like human beings. We have found out that ants organize the process of food collecting and other tasks through certain sounds and instructions it releases and the others hear and respond!


This is the ant's sound during its normal life and during working, moving and food collecting. (press here http://home.olemiss.edu/~hickling/allswell.mp3)

When an ant attacks a caterpillar, it releases fearful sounds. These sounds were completely unknown and they resemble the human battle .

Listen to this sound of an ant attacking a caterpillar.( press here http://home.olemiss.edu/~hickling/allswell.mp3)

The Phil De Vries discovered that insects release weak acoustic vibrations that ants can distinguish; the aphid, secretes a sugary substance that ants like, this insect releases vibrations during its work that ants pick and consequently rush to their livelihood. Thus acoustic vibrations are tools of communication among insects.

Allah said: "the seven heavens and the earth and all that is herein glorifying Him but there is not a thing but glorifies His Praise but you understand not their glorification. Truly, He is Ever Forbearing, oft-forgiving." [The Noble QuranAl -Isra:44].


Robert Hickling, one of the notabl researcher , said" ants don’t respond to the human voices nor are they affected by it. But when we direct it to suitable vibrations, it is affected and respond to them. This means that ants have their own language and they are completely like human beings. Here we remember the saying of Glorified Allah "there is not an animal in the earth nor a flying creature on two wings, but they are nations like unto you. We have neglected nothing in the book (of our decrees. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered." [The Noble Quran; Al-Anam :38].

Hence we realize that The Holy Quran agrees with modern science .

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Just an add, they found that Ants are with a glass structure, so when Quran mentioned "crush you" , it was the perfect word to described that, because glass can only be crushed . thank you for the thread .