Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

for indeed I am all-forgiving, all-merciful.’
12 ‘Insert your hand into your bosom.
It will emerge white, without any fault,
— among nine signs for Pharaoh and his people.
Indeed they are a transgressing lot.’
13 But when Our signs came to them, as eye-openers,
they said, ‘This is plain magic.’
14 They impugned them
— though they were convinced in their hearts —
wrongfully and defiantly.
So observe
how was the fate of the agents of corruption!

15 Certainly We gave David and Solomon knowledge,
and they said, ‘All praise belongs to Allah,
who granted us an advantage
over many of His faithful servants.’
16 Solomon inherited from David,
and he said, ‘O people!
We have been taught the speech of the birds,
and we have been given out of everything.
Indeed this is a manifest advantage.’
17 [Once] Solomon’s hosts were marched out for him,
comprising jinn, humans, and birds,
and they were held in check.
18 When they came to the Valley of Ants,
an ant said, ‘O ants!
Enter your dwellings,
lest Solomon and his hosts should trample on you
while they are unaware.’