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Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 1–6When Truth appears before a man and he accepts it without any reservation, he immediately finds himself on the right path.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 7–8Moses left Egypt and went to Midian (or Madyan), which was situated on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Aqaba.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 9–14Moses had gone to the mountain to obtain a burning brand.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 15–16David was the prophet and king of the Children of Israel.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 17–19In Solomon’s army there were not only human beings but also jinns and birds.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 20–26The Sabeans were a wealthy community of ancient times (1100 B.C. to 115B.C.).Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 27–35The Queen of Sheba viewed the matter quite realistically.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 36–37In comparison with the invaluable wealth, which Solomon had received in the shape of prophethood and the realisation of God, every other kind of wealth was worthless in his eyes.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 38–40Though Solomon was endowed with extraordinary power, he planned to subjugate the Sabean people by demonstrating his power rather than by using it.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 41–44The Queen of Sheba set forth from her country and reached Jerusalem.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 45–47When Salih started calling for belief in the pure unity of God, his community divided itself into two groups.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 48–53There were nine great chiefs in this community.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 54–59The community of Lot, in its excessive sexual indulgence, had stooped to homosexuality.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 60–61Expressed as a chain of cause and effect, the theories propounded by atheists or agnostics, remain woefully inadequate to explain the creation of the unimaginably vast universe.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 62–64The needs of man are fulfilled as a result of the perfect co-ordination between all the factors in the Universe.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 65–69The addressees of the prophets were not absolute and total deniers of the life Hereafter, but they denied that particular concept of the Hereafter, which was presented by the prophets.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 70–75The words ‘do not grieve’ are not meant to prevent the preacher from grieving.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 76–81The human being is a creature who has been blessed with the ability to see, hear and think.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 82–86At the time when Almighty God takes the decision that the present history of the earth should be brought to an end, some extraordinary signs will appear to usher in the last phase.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 87–90In the present world, the real reason for denial of the Truth is the lack of fear of God.Chapter 27, The Ants (Al-Naml) · verses 91–93The reference to ‘this town’ (Makkah) here is in relation to the first addressees of the Quran.