An-Naml

These are the verses of the Quran, guidance and good news for the believers. Musa sees a fire in the night and hears the call: “It is I, Allah.” His staff moves like a snake, his hand comes out shining white, and with nine signs he goes to Pharaoh and his people, who deny them though they know they are true. Allah gives Dawud and Sulayman knowledge. Sulayman is taught the language of birds, and his army of jinn, men and birds comes to a valley where an ant warns her colony to go inside. He smiles and prays to be grateful. The hoopoe is missing, then returns with news of a queen in Saba whose people worship the sun. Sulayman sends a letter, “In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful”, and she sends a gift, which he turns back. Her throne is brought to him in the blink of an eye, and when she walks on a floor she takes for water, she says, “I submit with Sulayman to Allah, Lord of the worlds.” Thamud call Salih a bad omen, and nine men swear to kill him by night, but their plot destroys them. Lut’s people turn on those who keep themselves pure, and rain falls on them. Then five times the surah asks: is there a god with Allah? Who made the heavens and the earth, who answers the one in distress when he calls, who guides you in the dark? Only Allah knows the unseen. They ask when the promise will come. A creature will come out of the earth, the Trumpet will be blown, and the mountains you think firm will pass as the clouds pass. Say: praise be to Allah; He will show you His signs, and you will recognise them.