The Ant
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The Ant is the twenty-seventh surah of the Koran. It is notable largely for a weird bit in which King Solomon claims to "have been taught the language of birds" and forms armies of men, jinn and birds; he then comes across some ants, and "an ant exclaimed: O ants! Enter your dwellings lest Solomon and his armies crush you, unperceiving." Shortly afterwards Solomon turns to the birds in his army and asks "How is it that I see not the hoopoe, or is he among the absent ? I verily will punish him with hard punishment or I verily will slay him, or he verily shall bring me a plain excuse." The hoopoe turns up on cue, however. Phew!
There's also some condemnation of homosexuality. "And Lot! when he said unto his folk: Will ye commit abomination knowingly ? Must ye needs lust after men instead of women ?... Then We saved him and his household save his wife; We destined her to be of those who stayed behind. And We rained a rain upon them. Dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned."
[edit] See also
- RationalWiki:Annotated Qur'an (The Ant)
- Qur'an
- Qur'anic scientific foreknowledge
- Qur'anic scientific errors
- Qur'anic contradictions
- List of actions prohibited by the Qur'an
| Articles about the Qur'an | |
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| Suras: | The Cow • The Elevated Places • The Family Of Imran • Women (sura) • |
| Analysis: | Annotated Qur'an • List of actions prohibited by the Qur'an • Qur'anic contradictions • Qur'anic scientific errors • Qur'anic scientific foreknowledge • |
| Other: | Allah • Burqa • Dhimmi • Hadith • Halal • Houri • Jihad • John the Baptist • Satanic Verses • Sharia • Taqiyya • |