Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Naml, Ayah 18
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(Till, when they reached the Valley of the Ants) in Historic Syria, (an ant exclaimed: O ants! Enter your dwellings lest Solomon and his armies crush you) step on you, (unperceiving) unaware of you.
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
When they came to the Valley of the Ants — which is located either in Tā’if or in Syria and whose ants are either small or large — an ant the queen ant who had seen Solomon’s hosts said ‘O ants enter your dwellings lest Solomon and his hosts crush you while they are unaware!’ — the ants are likened to rational beings in their use of the latter’s speech.