Surah An Naml Tafseer

حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَوْا عَلَى وَادِي النَّمْلِ

Till, when they came to the valley of the ants,

meaning, when Suleiman, the soldiers and the army with him crossed the valley of the ants,

قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّمْلُ ادْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَكُمْ لَاا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمَانُ وَجُنُودُهُ وَهُمْ لَاا يَشْعُرُونَ

one of the ants said:"O ants! Enter your dwellings, lest Suleiman and his armies should crush you, while they perceive not."

Suleiman, peace be upon him, understood what the ant said