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How many times is the Ant mentioned in the Qur’an?

2

The Ant is mentioned twice in the Qur’an, in 1 verses across 1 surahs.

Counts naml (ants). Surah 27 is named An-Naml after it.

Times
2
Verses
1
Surahs
1
First
27:18

What was counted

WordTimesTranslated asRoot
نَمْل2antsن م ل

Most mentions: An-Naml (2).

Every mention

  • 27:18 · An-Namlٱلنَّمْلِ (of) the antsUntil, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, "O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not."
  • 27:18 · An-Namlٱلنَّمْلُ antsUntil, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, "O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not."

How we count

Each Qur’an word built on the words above counts once, in any form (singular, dual or plural, with or without prefixes such as wa- or al-). Counts published elsewhere often differ because they count different forms or phrases. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.

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