les infidèles, hère the Christians

60. 12-13. Salomon lui-même épargna la fourmi. Allusion to a well-known legend of Salomon's life. The twenty-seventh sura of the Koran owes its title, The Ant, to the relation in it of this épisode. ' And Salomon said, O men we hâve been taught the speech of birds and hâve had ail things bestowed upon us. . . . and his armies were gathered together unto Salomon . . . and an ant seeing the hosts approaching said : O, ants enter ye into your habitation lest Solomon and his army tread you underfoot and perceive it not. And Solomon smiled, laughing at her words and said, O Lord, excite me that I be thankful for thy favor wherewith thou hast favored me and my parents, that I may do that which is right . . ."