Surah 27
An-Naml
The Ant
النمل
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Name and conventional translation
Part absent
Arabic name
النمل
Source fact
Transliteration
An-Naml
Source fact
English name
The Ant
Source fact as Tanzil metadata gives it; Tanzil names no translator for it
Verse count and position
From a layer
Verses
93
Derived link
Words
1151
Derived link whitespace-separated tokens of the Uthmani text, the rule the morphology layer uses
Position in the mushaf order
27 of 114
Source fact
Position in a revelation ordering
48 of 114
Revelation order as encoded by the Tanzil metadata · Tanzil publishes an "order" value for each surah and documents the field only as "revelation order". It does not name which ordering it encodes, cite a scholar, or reference an edition. We have therefore not established whose ordering this is, and we do not name one. The major orderings disagree about dozens of surahs, so naming the likeliest candidate would be a guess presented as a citation.
Source fact
Place of revelation, as Tanzil classifies it
Meccan
Source fact Tanzil's classification, carried without a named authority
Juzʾ
Juzʾ 19 to 20; a new juzʾ begins at 27:56 (20)
Source fact juzʾ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record
Opening formula (basmala) in this edition
stands before verse 1 and is not numbered
Derived link
What the surah says of itself
Absent
Major movements and sections
Part absent
Rukūʿ divisions
| Rukūʿ | Verses | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27:1-14 | طسٓ تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ … |
| 2 | 27:15-31 | وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ … |
| 3 | 27:32-44 | قَالَتْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَفْتُونِى … |
| 4 | 27:45-58 | وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ … |
| 5 | 27:59-66 | قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَٰمٌ … |
| 6 | 27:67-82 | وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا … |
| 7 | 27:83-93 | وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ مِن كُلِّ … |
Source fact rukūʿ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record; each runs to the verse before the next; opening words are the first 4 words of its first verse
Repeated words and themes
Part absent
Verses repeated word for word
No verse of this surah repeats another word for word.
Derived link verses of this surah whose Uthmani text is byte-identical to another verse of it
Phrases repeated word for word
| Times | Words | Phrase | Verses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | أَءِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ | 60-64 |
| 3 | 3 | كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ | 14, 51, 69 |
Derived link runs of at least 3 consecutive words, inside one verse, occurring at least 3 times in this surah, kept only where no longer run has the same occurrences; a run that is only ever a whole repeated verse is listed above instead
Roots carried by the most words
1151 words414 with one root, counted110 conflicting roots172 no root recorded455 not analysed
| Root | Words, at least | Verses | Forms in this surah |
|---|---|---|---|
| ق.و.ل | 34 | 29 | قَالَ قَالَتْ قُلْ وَقَالَ فَقَالَ قِيلَ فَقُلْ قَوْلِهَا لَنَقُولَنَّ وَقَالَا وَيَقُولُونَ |
| ع.ل.م | 11 | 11 | عِلْمًا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ عَلِيمٍ عِلْمٌ لَيَعْلَمُ وَيَعْلَمُ يَعْلَمُ |
| ك.و.ن | 9 | 9 | كَانَ تَكُونُ كَانَتْ وَكَانَ |
| ق.و.م | 8 | 8 | قَوْمٌ تَقُومَ قَوْمًا قَوْمٍ وَقَوْمَهَا يُقِيمُونَ |
| ق.ب.ل | 7 | 7 | قَبْلَ قَبْلُ قَبْلِهَا قِبَلَ |
| أ.م.ن | 6 | 6 | يُؤْمِنُونَ أَمِينٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُؤْمِنُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ |
| س.ل.م | 6 | 6 | مُسْلِمِينَ وَأَسْلَمْتُ وَسَلَٰمٌ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ |
| ك.ل.ل | 6 | 6 | كُلِّ كُلَّ كُلُّ وَكُلٌّ |
| ه.د.ي | 6 | 6 | يَهْتَدُونَ بِهَدِيَّةٍ بِهَٰدِى يَهْتَدِى يَهْدِيكُمْ |
| ج.ع.ل | 6 | 3 | وَجَعَلَ جَعَلَ جَعَلْنَا وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ |
| ر.ب.ب | 5 | 5 | رَبَّكَ رَبَّ رَبُّكَ |
| ف.ه.م | 5 | 5 | فَهُمْ |
71 more roots
| ر.ح.م | 5 | 4 | بِرَحْمَتِكَ تُرْحَمُونَ وَرَحْمَةٌ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ |
| ث.م.م | 4 | 4 | ثُمَّ |
| خ.ر.ج | 4 | 4 | أَخْرَجْنَا تَخْرُجْ لَمُخْرَجُونَ يُخْرِجُ |
| س.م.و | 4 | 4 | ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ |
| ش.ي.أ | 4 | 4 | شَىْءٍ |
| ص.د.ق | 4 | 4 | صَٰدِقِينَ أَصَدَقْتَ لَصَٰدِقُونَ |
| ع.ب.د | 4 | 4 | عِبَادِهِ أَعْبُدَ عِبَادِكَ |
| ع.ر.ش | 4 | 4 | بِعَرْشِهَا عَرْشٌ عَرْشَهَا عَرْشُكِ |
| ع.ق.ب | 4 | 4 | عَٰقِبَةُ يُعَقِّبْ |
| ع.م.ل | 4 | 4 | تَعْمَلُونَ أَعْمَلَ |
| ك.ت.ب | 4 | 4 | بِّكِتَٰبِى كِتَٰبٌ كِتَٰبٍ وَكِتَابٍ |
| م.ن.ن | 4 | 4 | أَمَّن |
| و.ه.م | 4 | 4 | وَهُمْ |
| أ.ت.ي | 4 | 3 | أَتَأْتُونَ وَأُوتِيَتْ يَأْتُونِى يَأْتِينِى |
| ش.ك.ر | 4 | 3 | أَشْكُرَ شَكَرَ يَشْكُرُ يَشْكُرُونَ |
| ص.ل.ح | 4 | 3 | صَٰلِحًا يُصْلِحُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ |
| م.ك.ر | 4 | 2 | مَكْرًا وَمَكَرْنَا يَمْكُرُونَ |
| ب.ي.ن | 3 | 3 | بَيْنَ بَيْنَهُم |
| خ.ي.ر | 3 | 3 | خَيْرٌ |
| د.و.ن | 3 | 3 | دُونِ |
| ذ.و.ي | 3 | 3 | تِلْكَ ذَاتَ فَتِلْكَ |
| ش.ع.ر | 3 | 3 | يَشْعُرُونَ |
| ط.ي.ر | 3 | 3 | وَٱلطَّيْرِ ٱلطَّيْرَ ٱلطَّيْرِ |
| ظ.ل.م | 3 | 3 | ظَلَمَ ظَلَمْتُ ظُلْمًا |
| ف.س.د | 3 | 3 | أَفْسَدُوهَا يُفْسِدُونَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ |
| ق.ر.ر | 3 | 3 | قَرَارًا قَوَارِيرَ مُسْتَقِرًّا |
| ك.ث.ر | 3 | 3 | أَكْثَرَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ كَثِيرٍ |
| ل.ه.م | 3 | 3 | لَهُمْ |
| ن.و.ر | 3 | 3 | ٱلنَّارِ نَارًا |
| ن.و.س | 3 | 3 | ٱلنَّاسَ ٱلنَّاسُ ٱلنَّاسِ |
| ي.ق.ن | 3 | 3 | يُوقِنُونَ يَقِينٍ |
| ي.و.م | 3 | 3 | وَيَوْمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ |
| أ.م.ر | 3 | 2 | أَمْرًا أَمْرِى تَأْمُرِينَ |
| س.م.ع | 3 | 2 | تُسْمِعُ |
| ك.ف.ر | 3 | 2 | أَكْفُرُ كَفَرَ كَٰفِرِينَ |
| ن.م.ل | 3 | 1 | نَمْلَةٌ ٱلنَّمْلُ ٱلنَّمْلِ |
| أ.ن.س | 2 | 2 | أُنَاسٌ وَٱلْإِنسِ |
| أ.ي.د | 2 | 2 | يَدَكَ يَدَىْ |
| ب.ع.د | 2 | 2 | بَعِيدٍ بَعْدَ |
| ت.س.ع | 2 | 2 | تِسْعَةُ تِسْعِ |
| ج.و.ب | 2 | 2 | جَوَابَ يُجِيبُ |
| ح.س.ب | 2 | 2 | تَحْسَبُهَا حَسِبَتْهُ |
| ح.ش.ر | 2 | 2 | نَحْشُرُ وَحُشِرَ |
| د.ب.ر | 2 | 2 | مُدْبِرًا مُدْبِرِينَ |
| ذ.ل.ل | 2 | 2 | أَذِلَّةً |
| ر.أ.ي | 2 | 2 | رَأَتْهُ وَتَرَى |
| ر.ج.ع | 2 | 2 | يَرْجِعُ يَرْجِعُونَ |
| ر.س.ل | 2 | 2 | مُرْسِلَةٌ يُرْسِلُ |
| ز.ي.ن | 2 | 2 | زَيَّنَّا وَزَيَّنَ |
| ش.د.د | 2 | 2 | شَدِيدًا شَدِيدٍ |
| ش.ر.ك | 2 | 2 | يُشْرِكُونَ |
| ص.د.د | 2 | 2 | فَصَدَّهُمْ وَصَدَّهَا |
| ع.ج.ل | 2 | 2 | تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ |
| ع.ل.ن | 2 | 2 | تُعْلِنُونَ يُعْلِنُونَ |
| ع.ل.و | 2 | 2 | تَعَٰلَى وَعُلُوًّا |
| غ.ف.ر | 2 | 2 | تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ غَفُورٌ |
| غ.ي.ر | 2 | 2 | غَيْرَ غَيْرِ |
| ف.ز.ع | 2 | 2 | فَزَعٍ فَفَزِعَ |
| ف.ض.ل | 2 | 2 | فَضْلٍ فَضْلِ |
| ف.ع.ل | 2 | 2 | تَفْعَلُونَ يَفْعَلُونَ |
| ق.و.ي | 2 | 2 | قُوَّةٍ لَقَوِىٌّ |
| ك.ذ.ب | 2 | 2 | يُكَذِّبُ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ |
| ك.ر.م | 2 | 2 | كَرِيمٌ |
| ك.ش.ف | 2 | 2 | وَكَشَفَتْ وَيَكْشِفُ |
| ن.ف.س | 2 | 2 | أَنفُسُهُمْ نَفْسِى |
| ن.ه.ر | 2 | 2 | أَنْهَٰرًا وَٱلنَّهَارَ |
| و.ق.ع | 2 | 2 | وَقَعَ وَوَقَعَ |
| ص.ر.ح | 2 | 1 | صَرْحٌ ٱلصَّرْحَ |
| م.ر.ر | 2 | 1 | تَمُرُّ مَرَّ |
| م.ط.ر | 2 | 1 | مَطَرُ وَأَمْطَرْنَا |
| ن.ع.م | 2 | 1 | أَنْعَمْتَ نِعْمَتَكَ |
Derived link a word counts toward a root only where every analysis Camel Morph kept for it names that one root and no analysis records none; words with no analysis, no root or conflicting roots are not counted anywhere. Roots on at least 2 words.
Not supplied
Words the analyser did not read
455 of this surah's 1151 words have no analysis, and a further 282 have no single root, so the root counts are minimums. Camel Morph MSA is a Modern Standard Arabic analyser meeting Qur'anic Arabic.
People and events named
Absent
Common claims the text does not itself establish
Absent
Links to related topical studies
From a layer
Current studies citing a verse of this surah
22 current studies
Nature & environmental responsibility4
Prophets & messengers3
Character & relationships2
Death & dying2
Magic, dreams & the supernatural2
Mental wellbeing & hardship2
Angels, jinn & Satan1
End-times claims1
God & divine attributes1
Justice & governance1
Knowledge, reason & reflection1
Qur'anic peoples & communities1
- What does the Qur'an say about the Queen of Sheba?27:22-24, 29-35, 42-44
Supplications & remembrance1
Derived link every study whose current signature cites at least one verse of this surah, grouped by its /studies theme (largest first, ties by name, no theme last) and ordered by first verse cited. A citation is not a statement that the study is about this surah.
Source and review status
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Sources this page draws on
| Source | Licence | Attribution notice |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) Uthmani, Version 1.1 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 | Qur'anic text from the Tanzil Project. Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Source: tanzil.net · Updates: tanzil.net/updates/ https://tanzil.net/updates/ |
| Tanzil Qur'an metadata quran-data.xml v1.0 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution — version not specified by the source | Surah metadata from Tanzil Qur'an metadata (quran-data.xml, version 1.0), Tanzil Project, tanzil.net. (C) 2008-2009 Tanzil.info. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution; the source does not state a version. Values are reproduced unchanged; this site selects and arranges them, and derives verse ranges from the division start points. https://tanzil.net/res/text/metadata/quran-data.xml |
| Camel Morph MSA v1.0, LREC-COLING 2024 release · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Morphological analyses from Camel Morph MSA (LREC-COLING 2024 release) by Christian Khairallah, Salam Khalifa, Reham Marzouk, Mayar Mohamadein Nassar and Nizar Habash, CAMeL Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi (Khairallah et al., 2024), https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Modified: this site runs the analyser over its Qur'anic text, keeps only analyses whose vocalisation matches the text, removes duplicates and counts the result. https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph |
Source fact
Verse restatements signed for this surah
0
Derived link
Signed introduction to this surah
Ninety-three verses, most of them Solomon: the language of birds, the hoopoe returning with news of a queen who worships the sun, the throne brought before the eye can blink, and the floor of glass she mistakes for water. It takes its name from the ant who warns her colony to get out of the way, and whose warning Solomon overhears. It opens with disconnected letters.
AALAMIN Editor · signed 2026-08-29 · Editorial
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